Others take place later in the month—like Lunar New Year and Korean New Year. But what is Korean New Year, exactly? Korea (a word meaning “Land of High Mountains and Sparkling Streams”) is ...

As South Korea's Constitutional Court deliberated the formal impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, his supporters shared a ...

I am a third-culture kid, a Chinese-American, who was living in South Korea for 5 years teaching English. Throughout those years, I spent Chinese New Year, or Lunar New Year, without my family.

The day of the Lunar New Year, which is called Seollal in Korean, falls on Jan. 29 this year, with days off on the 28th and 30th as well, plus a one-time temporary holiday on the 27th to connect ...

Last Friday, 9 February, the Korean Cultural Centre in South Africa (KCCSA) celebrated ‘Seollal,’ the Korean Lunar New Year. The participants of the event learned rich traditions, played fun games, ...

The number of babies born in South Korea has rebounded for the first time in nine years SEOUL, South Korea -- The number of babies born in South Korea rebounded for the first time in nine years in ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The number of babies born in South Korea rebounded for the first time in nine years in 2024, welcome news for a country grappling with one of the the world's most ...

South Korea's fertility rate rose in 2024, supported by an increase in marriages, in a sign that the country's demographic crisis might have turned a corner.