Planning and preparing for the festivities begins at least a week before the new year arrives, with houses hanging red banners carrying auspicious phrases and lanterns. These banners are meant to ...

Nigerians have joined Koreans in the Federal Capital Territory to celebrate this year’s Seollal, a national holiday which marks the first day of the Korean Lunar Calendar or Korean New Year, organised ...

New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): The Korean Cultural Centre India celebrated 'Seollal', the Korean Lunar New Year, with a vibrant cultural event at its centre in New Delhi on Wednesday. The ...

Seollal, one of South Korea's most significant traditional festivals, marks the first day of the Korean lunar calendar and is a time for reflection, renewal, and New Year's greetings. The Tribune ...

Wednesday marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar, a dating system used to measure days, weeks and months of the year based on the moon phases. This event is celebrated in several East Asian ...

And on the day of Seollal, or Korean New Year, Koreans around the world gather together to celebrate their heritage. Koreans will celebrate Seollal, a holiday lasting three days (including the day ...

SEOUL – South Korea braces for heavy snow and rain expected to impact much of the country during the extended Seollal holiday, with weather authorities predicting up to 30 centimeters of snow in some ...

In Caitlin Chung’s earliest memories of Seollal, or Korean Lunar New Year, there was no dinner table in sight. Only the familiar hum of a small, crowded room with red carpet floors, leather ...

A husband suspected of murdering his wife on the first day of the Seollal holiday has been arrested by the police. The Seoul Gwanak Police Station announced on the 26th that a man in his 60s ...

During the four-day Seollal holiday last year, the agency’s 119 emergency hotline handled 35,453 consultation requests — an average of 8,863 calls per day, marking a 46 percent increase ...