LA Koreatown gets ready for Seollar

February 18, 2015
Shops in Los Angeles' Koreatown prepare rice cakes for Seollar, Korean Lunar New Year that falls on Feb. 19 this year. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)

Shops in Los Angeles’ Koreatown prepare rice cakes for Seollar, Korean Lunar New Year that falls on Feb. 19 this year. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)

A Los Angeles Korean American volunteer association visited the elderly at Mid-Wilshire Health Care Center. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)

A Los Angeles Korean American volunteer association visited the elderly at Mid-Wilshire Health Care Center Tuesday. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)

A Koreatown community center held "2015 Seollar Celebration" Monday. Dancers performed traditional Korean folk routines. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)

A Koreatown community center held “2015 Seollar Celebration” Monday. Dancers performed traditional Korean folk routines. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)