Korea braces for Chuseok holiday
(WorldNews South Korea)

By Jun Ji-hye Ministries, government organizations and municipal administrations are rushing to draw up countermeasures against a possible spike in the number of COVID-19 infections during the five-day Chuseok holiday that starts Sept. 30. Chuseok is one of Korea`s biggest annual celebrations, during which millions of people travel to their hometowns nationwide to perform ancestral commemoration ceremonies and spend time with their family members. The health authorities are concerned ahead of this Chuseok holiday as the country has already experienced a surge in the number of new daily coronavirus cases during the so-called `golden holiday` between April 30 and May 5, and during the...