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A quiet Seoul boulevard with sparse traffic, city buildings, buses, and marked lanes.

Chuseok empties Seoul, crowds regional routes — in pictures

Photos capture a quiet capital as holiday travelers fill trains, highways and hometowns across Korea.

2026.9.25

Roads near Gyeongbokgung Station in Jongno District, western Seoul, are congested due to heavy snowfall on Dec. 4. [YONHAP]

Commuters hot under the collar as snow, ice gridlock roads across Seoul

Heavy snow that gridlocked roads in Seoul and Gyeonggi on Thursday night caused delays that persisted into Friday morning’s commute, triggering complaints that local authorities did not prepare despite early forecasts.

2025.12.5

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A commuter is seen grabbing onto a pole for balance near Seoul National University Station in Gwanak District, southern Seoul, on Dec. 5. [LEE GYU-RIM]

Morning commuters disgruntled as overnight snowfall causes disruptions

Major disruptions lasted throughout the Friday morning commute after heavy snow accompanied by thunder and lightning fell across Seoul and the greater metropolitan area on Thursday evening.

2025.12.5

Pedestrians walk near Gwanghwamun Station in central Seoul on Nov. 11. [YONHAP]

Korea's daily commute time highest in world at 1 hour and 48 minutes

Koreans are spending on average 1 hour and 48 minutes commuting, the longest average time in the world according to a new international study.

2025.11.18

A Hangang Bus on a trial run ahead of its official launch passes through the Dongjak area in Seoul on July 1. [YONHAP]

Hangang Bus service to start Thursday, but rush hour operations to come later

Rush-hour commuters expecting to ride Seoul’s new ferry on the Han River will have to wait a little longer. The Hangang Bus service will officially begin operations on Thursday, but it will not run during morning rush hour, at least for now.

2025.9.15

A Busan Transportation Corporation employee controls the crowd at Seomyeon Station, Busan’s busiest subway interchange, on May 28. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Subways overwhelmed, commuters stranded as Busan bus drivers go on strike

Busan descended into turmoil on Wednesday as city bus drivers launched their first-ever full-scale strike, overwhelming the subway system and stranding thousands in search of alternative transportation.

2025.5.28

A Seoul Donghaeng Bus passes through a station in Gangseo District, western Seoul, on Aug. 21, 2023. [NEWS1]

Additional Seoul Donghaeng bus routes to operate from Tuesday

Buses on the Seoul Donghaeng bus routes, connecting the greater Gyeonggi area and Seoul, will be expanded to Seongnam, Goyang and Uijeongbu from Tuesday.

2024.5.6

The GTX-A train, set to commence operations between Suseo Station and Dongtan Station, on March 30 [MINISTRY OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT]

New high-speed GTX train to cut Seoul-Gyeonggi commutes in half

Korea's new high-speed railway, Great Train Express (GTX) hopes to reduce commute times in the Greater Seoul area. Critics are concerned about the project's potential to exacerbate urban-rural disparities.

2024.3.21

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon introduces the so-called 'climate card' that will allow unlimited use of subways, buses and public bicycles in the city during a press briefing at Seoul City Hall on Monday. The climate card will cost 65,000 won ($48) per month and will be officially introduced to the public in the latter half of next year after a trial period from January to May. [NEWS1]

'Climate card' to allow unlimited public transportation rides in Seoul

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the so-called “climate card” will be offered to residents in the second half of next year, allowing unlimited use of subways, buses and the city’s public bicycles called Ttareungi within the capital.

2023.9.11