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Added on the 05/08/2022 05:10:06 - Copyright : AFP EN
Shiheung, Feb 26 (EFE / EPA) .- South Korea celebrated Friday "Daeboreum", a festival that concludes two weeks of celebrations after the arrival of the lunar New Year and that coincides with the first full moon of the new year.(Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)SHOT LIST: THE "DAEBOREUM" FESTIVAL IN SHIHEUNG, SOUTH KOREA.
DMZ, Feb 12 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean displaced people on Friday paid homage to their ancestors in Imjingak, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), to mark the Lunar New Year.Lunar New Year is one of Korea's major traditional holidays.Celebrations run from 11 to 14 February 2021.During this period, many South Koreans return to their family homes to share traditional food and pay homage to their ancestors. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN DISPLACED PEOPLE TAKE PART IN AN ANCESTOR MEMORIAL SERVICE IN IMJINGAK, NEAR THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ) IN PAJU, GYEONGGI-DO PROVINCE, SOUTH KOREA.
Seoul, Feb 10 (EFE/EPA).- South Koreans on Wednesday visited traditional market in the capital to make purchases of food and offerings for the traditional holidays of Lunar New Year.Lunar New Year is one of South Korea's major traditional holidays. Many Koreans, during the festivities, will take long trips to their hometowns to visit family and pay homage to their ancestors. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE MAKE PURCHASES AHEAD OF LUNAR NEW YEAR AT YEONGCHEON TRADITIONAL MARKET IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
A South Korean convenience store launches a hangover-fighting ice cream marketed specifically to combat the after-effects of alcohol consumption. Holly Rubenstein reports.
A newly launched market with direct trading between South Korean won and Chinese yuan could help South Korea boost bilateral trade and transactions in the Chinese currency. U-Jean Jung reports.
Members and supporters of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) cheer as they watch a broadcast of an exit poll after Wednesday's parliamentary election. The DP and a small allied party were forecast to win up to 197 seats in the 300-member parliament, the poll shows, with the ruling People Power Party and its satellite set to secure between 85 and 99 seats -- down from the 114 they held in the last parliament. IMAGES