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Holidays

Legal holiday of Korea is specified in “Provisions of the holidays of the government and public offices,” and normally indicated in red letter in calendar.

This includes all Sundays, National holidays, festive days and religious memorial days like the Buddha’s birthday and Christmas. There are also temporary holidays like the election day of the President or member for the National Assembly.

Solar Calendar

Solar Calendar
Title Date Establishment Remarks
New Year’s Day (Shinjeong) Jan. 1 1949 It had been holidays until Jan. 3, but in 1990, Jan 3 was excluded and in 1999, 9 years later, Jan 2 was excluded.
Samil(3.1) Jeol Mar. 1 1949 One of the National holidays
Children’s Day May 5 1975  
Memorial Day
(Hyeonchung Il)		 Jun 6 1956 Day of hoisting mourning flag
(Not one of the National Holidays).
Independence Day
(Gwangbok Jeol)		 Aug 15 1949 One of the National holidays
The National Foundation Day
(Gaecheon Jeol)		 Oct 3 1949 One of the National holidays
Christmas
(Seongtan Jeoil)		 Dec. 25 1949 One of the festive days in Christianity

Lunar Calendar

Lunar Calendar
Name Date Establishment Remarks
Seol Nal* Jan 1 (in Lunar Calendar) 1985 Since 1989, three-day consecutive holiday. Formerly named the day of Minsok(Folk).
The Buddha’s Birthday
(Seogga Tanshin Il)		 Apr 5 (in Lunar Calendar) 1975 The biggest festive day in Buddhism
(Chuseok)* Aug 15 (in Lunar Calendar) 1949 This was two-day consecutive holiday from 1986 to 1988, (Chuseok and the next day) but since 1989, it became three-day consecutive holiday.