Fireworks to light up Seoul's night sky

More than a million people are expected along the Han River on Saturday, when the country's largest fireworks display returns to Yeouido about three weeks earlier on the calendar than last year. Seoul International Fireworks Festival 2026 will run from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday at Yeouido Hangang Park, with the main fireworks show beginning at 8 p.m. Event organizer Hanwha Group said it moved the date forward from late September because of the Chuseok holiday and the volume of foreign visito