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Gaecheonjeol Posted by Ginny on Oct 7, 2009
This year Gaecheonjeol (개천절) was overshadowed by the Chuseok festival. Gaecheonjeol is National Foundation Day. It celebrates the first state of the Korean nation. This year, the two holidays happened to be on the same day. The first official nation of Korea was called Gojoseon (고조선). There is archeaological evidence that the Gojoseon kingdom really existed…