While Christmas has been a public holiday since 1949, Buddha’s Birthday was designated in 1975. The designation came after a decade-long effort by Korea's Buddhist community.

My birthday always falls around Mother’s Day. Sometimes it is on Mother’s Day if May 12th happens to hit a Sunday. The closeness of the two occasions is fitting because there is a Korea… ...

The clip begins with a shot of a little boy named Hudson, dressed in a traditional Korean outfit known as a hanbok. The text on-screen explains that “it’s a first birthday tradition to lay out six ...

My Korean parents never drink. On occasion, during his birthday party perhaps, my dad will drink one beer and his face will immediately turn beet red.

Even though I had heard about traditional Korean celebrations, I didn’t participate in them as a child, so it was a wonderful experience to share this festivity rather than read about it in a ...

The weekend was a mix of traditions old and new, Korean and American, for the family of Ji Hee Kim of Edmond.On Friday, family members celebrated the first birthday of ...

What does it mean to be Korean-American? According to the U.S. Census, we number 1.7 million strong, making us the 5th largest Asian-American group. However, growing up in America oftentimes means ...