As the Lunar New Year approaches, one holiday you might want to learn about is Seollal, the Korean New Year. While many countries celebrate the Lunar New Year, each country has its own traditions and ...

Seollal, the first day of the lunar calendar, is one of the most celebrated holidays in Korea. It has been traditionally considered a family-oriented occasion where people gather with their loved ones ...

Lunar New Year's Day, or Seollal, is just a few days away, but excitement is in the air. Department stores are bustling with activities, as shoppers purchase gifts for families and friends. Everyone ...

South Koreans’ Seollal gift packages appear to have no limit on what they can contain. Gift packs full of spam, preserved tuna or soap are the most frequently exchanged. However, there are thousands ...

YONGSAN GARRISON -- New Year's Day is a special time for people all around the world and each culture has its own way to celebrate the day. The Korean New Year's Day, Seollal, is when traditional ...

As more than 36 million Koreans are expected to hit the road for the annual exodus to their hometowns during the Lunar New Year holiday this Feb. 8, there will be a variety of cultural events for ...

For my first Seollal Lunar New Year's as a married woman, I didn’t really know what to expect from one of the biggest traditional holidays of the year. In order to get an understanding of that for ...

Seollal, or the Lunar New Year, one of the country's most festive holidays in the pre-pandemic days, used to be about large family gatherings, paying respects to ancestors and a seemingly endless ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Korea (a word meaning “Land of High Mountains and Sparkling Streams”) is situated on a peninsula in the Pacific Ocean and forms a ...

Seollal, or Korean Lunar New Year is a holiday and celebration which marks the first day of the Korean Lunar Calender. In 2014, Seollal falls on Friday, January 31st - though the celebration is ...