05 — Korean Holidays

Korean Holidays

Chuseok, Seollal and the holidays that pause the country each year — plus how to travel around them.

Korea's most important family holiday — ancestral rites, sebae bowing, tteokguk and what to expect when the country travels home.

Korea's Thanksgiving — ancestral rites, songpyeon rice cakes, grave visits and the full moon that symbolises abundance.

Korea's public holidays across the year — what each one commemorates, which dates move and how to plan around them.

Practical help for travelling in Korea during a holiday — what closes, what stays open, transport, cash and useful apps.

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