Lunar New Year 2025 Korea Holiday. When is lunar new year in 2025? 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 or 12th.
South korea holidays in 2024. Seollal comes in january or february and involves family visits, ancestral rites, eating of traditional foods and playing of korean games.