Hangul Day: Celebrate the Korean Alphabet
October 9th is Hangul Day in South Korea. Hangul Day is celebrated on January 15th north of the DMZ. Hangul Day is a day set aside to celebrate the Korean alphabet, known as...
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Korean Holidays
Chuseok in Korea (Korean Thanksgiving)
Chuseok (추석) is the Korean version of Thanksgiving, celebrated every fall. It’s a three-day holiday, one among the biggest and most important holidays in Korea, and it’s...
National Foundation Day in Korea
Does anyone know what special public holiday falls on October 3rd in South Korea? If you said ‘National Foundation Day’, then it’s time to give yourself a...
Buddha’s Birthday in Korea
Ready for some spring celebration? May is known in Korea as the month of holidays as it contains Children’s Day, Parent’s Day, Teacher’s Day, and Buddha’s birthday....
Children’s Day in Korea
Everybody in Korea gets excited when they look at the calendar and notice that one of the days is written in red. These special ‘red days’ are national holidays, which means...
Korean Independence Day (Gwangbokjeol)
If you are traveling around the Jamsil area of Seoul between the Olympic Stadium and Olympic Park, then you are bound to notice the flags of different world countries that are...
Independence Movement Day (Samil) in Korea
Korea has a number of national holidays, or ‘red days’, each year. This means that most businesses and government offices are closed on these days. However, restaurants and...
Korean Lunar New Year in Korea
In Korea, there are two major holidays: 1. Korean Thanksgiving, known as Chuseok in Korean 2. Lunar New Year, known as Seollal in Korean Seollal (설날) looks like seolnal, but...