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Apple and Apology Day

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Apple and Apology Day

Every year on October 24 ↗

A day for sharing apples and offering apologies.

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How did it begin?

In 2002, a Korean national coalition against school violence designated October 24 as Apple Day to encourage reconciliation. The campaign uses apples to convey apologies, a pun on the Korean word sagwa.

Source · 서울신문 · 2002년 애플데이 선포 보도 ↗ (new window)

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