Korean Traditional New Year 2025. Is january 1 a new year in korea? People in traditional costumes during a procession in beijing on jan.
Korean new year or ‘seollal’, falling on january 29 this year, is a festival and national holiday that usually occurs in january or february on the second new moon after the winter solstice, unless there is an intercalary 11th. Seollal, or korean lunar new year, is a major holiday in the lives of south koreans.
