LIVE Transition to 2025 – Fireworks Hasselt, Ostend and Mechelen cancelled, South Korea keeps quiet at the end of the year after plane crash
A new hour somewhere in the world means the beginning of 2025. It is up to Japan and South Korea, and they literally ring in the new year with the Joja no Kane (loosely translated: end of the year bell).
With every stroke of the bell, “a concern that plagues us as humanity” disappears. The 108e and the final battle falls at midnight.
South Korea is holding 7 days of national mourning after the plane crash last weekend, and is therefore opting for a silent New Year’s Eve as a tribute to the 179 victims.
Watch: The Japanese traditionally start 2025 and ring the Joja no Kane
