🇰🇷 Holidays in South Korea
Korea's two great holidays are Seollal, the Lunar New Year, and Chuseok, the autumn harvest thanksgiving — both times of homecoming, ancestral rites (charye) and time-honoured foods shared across generations.
Time zone: Asia/Seoul · Languages: KO, EN · All countdowns below run on South Korea's clock.
Upcoming in South Korea
🏮 Traditional Festivals
Festive foods of South Korea
Tteokguk (rice-cake soup) at Seollal, songpyeon (stuffed rice cakes) at Chuseok, japchae, jeon.
Travel tips
Seollal and Chuseok trigger the country's biggest travel exodus; expect packed trains and highways, and many city shops closed for the holiday.