Today is Lunar New Year's Day, an occasion celebrated in many parts of Asia.<br />In Korea, it's called "Seollal," and for most people it's an extended break that'll last until Wednesday.<br />Millions of people are leaving the big cities and heading to their hometowns to spend time with family, perform ancestral rites and eat traditional food. <br /> With so many people on the roads, though, traffic is continuing to build up.<br />The Korea Expressway Corporation estimates that from Seoul it'll take about 6 and a half hours to get to the southeastern city of Busan... and about 5 hours to Mokpo, in the southwest.<br />Officials say the congestion will last until 11PM tonight. <br />
