One of the biggest traditions of the Korean Seollal holiday is sebae, or the act of bowing to your elders and wishing them a happy new year, after which older relatives share cash gifts. This ...

"Sebae," a new year's greeting consisting of a full bow to one's elders, is a time-honored tradition in Korea with handsome cash rewards promised in the form of "sebaedon," or sebae money. But a ...

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