Seollal in Modern Korea: Tradition, Traffic, and Change
From Talk To Me In Korean by TTMIK
February 14, 2026 · 14 min
About this episode
This episode discusses the changes and continuities of the Seollal holiday in modern Korea.
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.
Topics covered
- Seollal
- Lunar New Year
- Korean traditions
- cultural changes
- modern Korea
Keywords
- Seollal
- Lunar New Year
- Korea
- tradition
- cultural change
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Korea, Lunar New Year
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