Chuseok Korean Thanksgiving holiday
The gist
South Korea's Chuseok holiday runs Sept. 24-27, 2026, a four-day break.
The harvest festival is Korea's Thanksgiving, when families reunite and honor ancestors.
How it unfolded
- Sep 19, 2026Happy Chuseok Fest 2026 at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell drew roughly 2,500 people, with a K-Culture Experience Village of 10 activities and more than 15 performing arts groups.
- Sep 21, 2026Volunteers in Incheon shaped songpyeon, half-moon-shaped rice cakes, at a Red Cross event to deliver to needy neighbors.
- Sep 22, 2026Citizens boarded trains at Seoul Station two days before the holiday.