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Red Horse rides into the new year

A 2.2-meter-tall (7.2-foot-tall) statue of a horse soaring over blue waves stands on Gwangalli Beach in Busan on Dec. 21, 11 days before New Year’s Day. The sculpture symbolizes 2026, the year of the Red Horse.

2025.12.31

Any-fin is possible

A lady holds a dish of tuna sashimi and a girl holds a plate filled with chicken gangjeong which is a fried chicken marinated in a spicy and sweet sauce at E-mart’s Yonsan branch in central Seoul.

2024.2.7

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People see the New Year’s first sunrise on Seonyudo Bridge at Seonyudo Park in Yeongdeungpo District in western Seoul on Monday. [NEWS1]

New Year's countdowns and sunrises prove a mixed bag

Tens of thousands of people traveled across the nation for New Year’s Day countdowns and sunrises. Thousands of celebrants gathered at Gyeongpo Beach in Gangneung, Gangwon. The rain did not disturb their New Year’s wishes and anticipation.

2024.1.1

New Year's Day at palace

Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul is crowded with visitors on Monday, the first day of 2024. New Year’s Day celebrations took place overnight between Sunday and Monday in Seoul, including the bell-ringing event, street parades and countdown events.

2024.1.1

Police are stationed for crowd control at the 2023 New Year's Eve bell-ringing ceremony at Bonsingak Pavilion in Jongno District, central Seoul. [NEWS1]

Seoul expects crowds to reach 170,000 on New Year’s Eve

Crowds of more than 170,000 people are expected to gather at popular sites in Seoul to celebrate the coming of a new year, and the police announced measures to ensure safe celebrations.

2023.12.29

New Year's necessities

Customers shop for diaries and calendars at the Kyobo Hottracks Gwanghwamun branch in central Seoul on Wednesday, with less than a week left until the New Year's Day.

2023.12.27

Police officers control the crowd on Dec. 17 in Busan ahead of the Busan Fireworks Festival which was held on the same day. [YONHAP]

Police officers, riot squads to be deployed over Christmas weekend

Six-hundred-fifty-six police officers and eight riot squads for crowd control will be deployed over Christmas weekend, according to the National Police Agency.

2022.12.23

A bowl of tteokguk is the dish to eat on New Year's Day in Korea. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

There's only one dish to welcome the New Year with in Korea

In Korea, where everyone becomes one year older at the same time on the New Year’s Day, there is a joke that you won’t age unless you eat your bowl of tteokguk.

2020.12.31

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A store in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, remains closed on Monday although Christmas and New Year's Day are just around the corner.

2020.12.21

Crowds gather in Mangsang Beach in Donghae, Gangwon, to see the first sunrise of the year on this year’s Jan. 1. [DONGHAE CITY GOVERNMENT]

Beach towns brace for holiday visitors undeterred by virus surge

With Christmas and New Year's Day just around the corner, local governments are scrambling to strengthen measures to prevent the spread of the virus during the holiday season.

2020.12.11