The tradition centers on Boknal — the three hottest days of the lunar calendar: Chobok, Joongbok and Malbok — which usually ...

South Koreans will have a total of 118 days off, including weekends and holidays, in 2026, one day fewer than this year, the ...

The lunar calendar, unlike the Gregorian calendar, uses the phases of the moon to delineate days, weeks and months of the year. A lunar month is the period of time from one new moon to the next ...

According to the Korean Aerospace Administration’s calendar guideline released on 30 June 2025, South Koreans on a five-day ...

Lunar New Year, which falls on the first new moon of the lunar calendar each year, has been celebrated for thousands of years in China, South Korea, Vietnam and other Asian countries.

Lunar New Year marks the first new moon of the lunisolar calendar traditional to China, South Korea, Vietnam and other east Asian countries. When is Lunar New Year?

South Korea has three key celebrations: Seollal, the Lunar New Year, falls in January or February; Chuseok, also known as Hangawi, is a mid-autumn harvest festival; and day-long Dano, also called ...

Each year in the lunar calendar is named one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, ... Lunar New Year is also celebrated in South Korea, Tibet, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, ...

Lunar New Year — celebrated as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in South Korea — marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of the lunisolar calendar, according to ...

The longest holiday will be the five-day Lunar New Year set from Feb 14 to 18. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Lunar New Year, which falls on the first new moon of the lunar calendar each year, has been celebrated for thousands of years in China, South Korea, Vietnam and other Asian countries.