Today, Korea celebrates the National Foundation Day, which marks the creation of the state of Gojoseon, commonly regarded as the first Korean National State. Korea's foundation dates back over four millenniums ago.
Since 1909, Koreans have celebrated National Foundation Day when it was commemorated on the third day of the tenth month on the lunar calendar.
Over 4.4 million drivers are estimated to hit the roads today for the 10-day extended holiday and congestion is predicted to be the heaviest on the 3rd and 4th day of Chuseok. According to the Korea Transport Institute, almost 37 million people are expected to travel within Korea this year during Chuseok, up from 35 million last year.
Meanwhile, the United States has reaffirmed that there will be NO talks with North Korea on the regime's nuclear program. During a briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the US has been clear that now is not the time for talks.
She said the only conversations to have taken place or would take place are on bringing back Americans detained in North Korea.
Onto the Kim Jong-nam murder trial, witnesses told a court in Malaysia that the half-brother of Kim Jong un staggered around after being attacked with VX nerve agent on the 13th of February at Kuala Lumpur International airport, killing him within 20 minutes.
The two women accused of assassinating him, one from Vietnam and one from Indonesia face the prospect of death by hanging if they are convicted of murder.
Both women said they have no idea who the victim was or that he had died until after they were arrested by the authorities.
Source: Arirang News
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