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Seollal in Modern Korea: Tradition, Traffic, and Change

Talk To Me In Korean

Show Notes

January 1st in the lunar calendar falls on February 17th this year, and that's 설날 (Seollal), Lunar New Year in Korea. In this episode, we are going to talk about which parts of the traditional holiday are changing, and what's not changing.

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