Tag: PEPERO Day — Korea’s Sweetest Tradition That’s Winning Hearts Worldwide

PEPERO Day — Korea’s Sweetest Tradition That’s Winning Hearts Worldwide Every year on November 11, a wave of sweetness and affection sweeps across South Korea — and now, increasingly, the rest of the world. It’s not a traditional festival or a grand holiday, but it has become one of the most heartwarming celebrations of love, friendship, and gratitude. This is PEPERO Day — born from something as simple as a chocolate-dipped biscuit stick yet carrying a message as meaningful as love itself. A Sweet Story That Started Small Pepero Day traces its origins back to the early 1980s in South Korea, where, as the story goes, a group of schoolgirls began exchanging Pepero sticks as a token of friendship and good luck. The chosen date — November 11 (11/11) — was no coincidence. The four ones...