A road is blocked near a subway station in Seoul’s Songpa Ward on Nov. 22, 2016, after a water pipe ruptured in the area around 1:45 p.m. the same day where construction was underway. (Yonhap)
In this aerial photo taken on Sept. 13, 2016, hundreds of cars are backed up at a service station exit in Anseong, south of Seoul, along a highway linking Seoul to the port city of Busan, as South Korea’s annual exodus for the Chuseok fall holiday begins. Chuseok, which falls on Sept. 15 this year, is the season for family reunions, with Koreans traditionally offering a ritual feast to their ancestors on Aug. 15 of the lunar calendar. Almost 37.52 million people are expected to travel to their home towns during the holiday. (Yonhap)
In this aerial photo, bumper-to-bumper traffic in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, clogs one side of a highway linking Seoul to the southwestern port city of Mokpo on Sept. 25, 2015, as South Korea’s annual exodus for the Chuseok fall holiday begins. Chuseok, which falls on Sept. 27 this year, is the season for family reunions, with Koreans traditionally offering a ritual feast to their ancestors on Aug. 15 of the lunar calendar.(Yonhap)
