Korea in photos

Jun 17, 2026

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Photo = Yonhap News

Two days before the traditional holiday Dano (Spring Festival), which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, children on June 17 wash their hair in water boiled with changpo (sweet iris), a ritual that was believed to bring good health, longevity and protection from misfortune at a daycare center run by Buk-gu District of Gwangju.