In the U.S., you might think of Thanksgiving as the holiday where we give thanks. For Korean families, Chuseok is a similar ...

Chuseok is South Korea’s autumn harvest festival, similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival in China and Taiwan, Tsukimi in Japan, and Tết Trung Thu in Vietnam. During Chuseok, many Koreans travel to their ...

South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld a 20-year prison sentence for a 15-year-old who killed his mother after she scolded him.

Another Chuseok tradition in modern-day Korea is that of gift-giving. Koreans will present gifts to not only their relatives, but also to friends and business acquaintances to show their thanks and ...

In Korea, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month around the end of summer or beginning of autumn – and the arrival of the full moon mark an important national festival called Chuseok ...

On 18 September 2024, during Chuseok, Korea's thanksgiving holiday, South Koreans received an emergency alert on their phones ...

A middle school student who killed his mother with a weapon and claimed to be a "crime boy" has been sentenced to 20 years in ...

Hong Kong was closed for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and South Korea was closed for Chuseok—Thanksgiving Day. Mainland mega-capitalization stocks were stronger, led by banks, energy, insurance ...

The event ended with BIFF confirming that it will make a one-off key shift in its 2025 festival dates to accommodate Korea‘s major Chuseok holiday (which follows the Korean lunar calendar ...

These traditional Korean performances, rooted in the harvest festival Chuseok, showcase the rich cultural heritage that has influenced the modern music scene. At CBC and Calgary Public Library's ...

Park Seo Joon shared a heartfelt Chuseok greeting on Instagram with mirror selfies featuring his pet bichon frisé, Simba. Dressed casually in a white shirt, the actor's post garnered enthusiastic ...