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Bereaved Sewol Families Celebrate First Lunar New Year without Loved Ones

Bereaved Sewol Families Celebrate First Lunar New Year without Loved Ones

SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — On Lunar New Year’s day, Koreans have family gatherings to conduct charye, rites held in memory of their ancestors, and share tteokguk, a special soup with rice cakes. However, on February 19 at Gwanghwamun, Seoul, two fathers prepared their special table of rites in memory of their children, not [...]