14s: Valentine’s Day, White Day, and Black Day.

With the passing of 2025’s Valentine’s Day, we reflect on the holiday and the impact on Koreans. Valentine’s Day has been celebrated here since the 1980s by young couples and newlyweds. Valentine’s Day is the day that young women give gifts to men, typically chocolates or things of that nature. It’s also common for couples to go out for dinner or other activities.

Limited decorations are seen around Seoul, mostly limited to simple things in red color such as a strong of hearts. It’s really only at convenience stores and department stores where chocolates and candy are sometimes setup outside (very common in the 2010s).

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Easy to Learn Korean 1494 – Counting days (part two).

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Happy Black Day (Singles Day)!

There are three unofficial “love” holidays on the 14th:
2/14 – Valentine’s Day – guys receive gifts
3/14 – White Day – girls receive gifts (Japan and Korea)
4/14 – Black Day – single people buy black-bean noodles to celebrate/cry about their single hood (Korea-only)

블랙데이 beullaek-dei – Black Day
짜장면 jjajang-myeon – Korean-style (Chinese) black bean noodles

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Easy to Learn Korean 997 – White Day.

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Easy to Learn Korean 147 – Dating

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Happy Valentine’s Day!
(revisit) Easy to Learn Korean 147 – Dating
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147-Dating

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