South Koreans going home for lunar New Year

2008-02-04 23:46:07 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

(AP Photo/Yonhap. Kim Hyun-tae)

Streams of cars clog a major highway in Seoul as South Koreans head for their hometown to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008.

According to the Ministry of Construction and Transportation and the Korea Highway Corp., more than 20 million people will visit their hometowns during the three-day holiday that begins Wednesday.