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May is “Family Month” in Korea. Children’s Day comes first on May 5th. It is only natural to have a special holiday for the children as we also have a Parents’ Day (May 8th). In a country where study is emphasized…
Chuseok is soon to be upon us. If the biggest holiday of the first half of the year is Seollal (설날, Lunar New Year’s Day), then the biggest holi ...
* This post is written by Yaisana Huidrom, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. The lunar calendar of Korea confirms that “Ipchun,” ...
* This post is written by Maria Margareta, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. 설날 taken from “Seol” means a new day &# ...
According to ancient folklore, the Emperor of the Heavens called upon 12 animals and told them he would hold a race to Heaven’s Gates and reward them in order. Although the ox was the most diligent and arrived early,…
Counting down at midnight to usher in the New Year never appealed to me. Although it gives you an excuse to go out partying with your friends and family, it really doesn’t give that sense of a new beginning. I mean, it’s…
Christmas is right around the corner. Although Korea has a large Christian and Catholic population, Christmas in Korea has an interesting aspect. For the religious, it’s the holiday to celebrate the birth of Jesus,…
If all you had to do was eat something delicious on a particular day of the year to ward off evil spirits for the following year, would you? On the winter solstice, the day with the shortest day and the longest night of the…
