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Happy Children’s Day 2010
Posted by Kathryn on 5th May in Celebrations
May 5 (in Korea) is Children’s Day (어린이날). Apparently the holiday was created in the early 1920s by the Korean children’s author, Bang Jung-Hwan. Typically parents and children do kid type activities and the children receive gifts from their parents, teachers and friends. Hillary Clinton even wished the kids a happy Children’s Day.
March 1st Movement
Posted by Kathryn on 1st March in Celebrations
Today is March 1st, and thus a national holiday here in South Korea. March 1st is a day commemorating one of the earliest instances of Korea’s resistance against the Japanese. The events took place on March 1, 1919. On that day approximately 7000 Koreans were killed by the Japanese. A group of 33 people gathered [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted by Kathryn on 14th February in Celebrations
Today is Seollal (설날), or Lunar New Year. It’s a time when Koreans travel to the homes where they grew up and celebrate the new year. In that way, it’s similar to Chuseok. They dress in Hanbok, the traditonal Korean dress. One traditional food eaten during Seollal is tteokguk, which is a soup with rice [...]
Happy 2010
Posted by Kathryn on 1st January in Celebrations
I’d like to wish everyone a very happy New Year. As we big 2009 goodbye, I hope everyone has had a productive year. I hope the same is true for 2010.
Merry Christmas
Posted by Kathryn on 25th December in Celebrations
I’d like to wish all my friends, family and readers a very Merry Christmas. Stay safe this holiday season. You are all important in my life.
