S KOREANS EMBRACE THEIR CULTURE OF FAMILY REUNION EVERY YEAR AS THE LUNAR NEW YEAR BEGINS THIS WEDNESDAY FOR 3 DAYS AND THE MIGRATION TO VISIT FAMILY MEMBERS IN THEIR HOMETOWNS PROCEEDS AWAY FROM THE CITY OF SEOUL (서울)

The annual migration of South Koreans for the Lunar New Year began Tuesday with millions heading to their hometowns ahead of the traditional holiday.
Lunar New Year’s Day, which falls on Thursday this year, is one of the largest holidays in South Korea with this year’s holiday running from Wednesday to Sunday.
Lunar New Year, or “seollal,” provides a rare opportunity for South Koreans to go home and spend quality time with family and friends. Families typically eat rice cake soup to mark adding a year to one’s age and perform ancestral rites during seollal.
As of 1 p.m., some 200,000 cars have left Seoul, with 240,000 more expected to follow by midnight, according to the Korea Expressway Corp.

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