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February
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March
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May
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June
2 holidays
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July
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August
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September
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December
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2026 Holiday List · South Korea
22 public holidays · regional, limited, and observance days included
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day | Public holiday | 1 January. In many countries the day off moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend. |
| Feb 16 | Monday | Seollal Holiday | Public holiday | The day before and the day after Seollal. |
| Feb 17 | Tuesday | Seollal | Public holiday | The first day of the first lunar month, between 21 January and 20 February. |
| Feb 18 | Wednesday | Seollal Holiday | Public holiday | The day before and the day after Seollal. |
| Mar 1 | Sunday | Independence Movement Day | Public holiday | 1 March. |
| Mar 2 | Monday | Day off for Independence Movement Day | Public holiday | A substitute when 1 March falls on a weekend. |
| May 1 | Friday | Labor Day | Public holiday | 1 May in most countries; the first Monday of September in the United States and Canada. |
| May 5 | Tuesday | Children's Day | Public holiday | 1 June across the post-Soviet states and much of Asia; other dates elsewhere. |
| May 24 | Sunday | Buddha’s Birthday | Public holiday | The eighth day of the fourth lunar month, in May. |
| May 25 | Monday | Day off for Buddha’s Birthday | Public holiday | A substitute when Buddha's Birthday falls on a weekend or clashes with Children's Day. |
| Jun 3 | Wednesday | Local Election Day | Public holiday | Set by each election cycle, normally every four years. |
| Jun 6 | Saturday | Memorial Day | Public holiday | The last Monday of May in the United States; other dates elsewhere. |
| Jul 17 | Friday | Constitution Day | Public holiday | The anniversary of the adoption of the constitution — varies by country. |
| Aug 15 | Saturday | Liberation Day | Public holiday | The anniversary of liberation from occupation — varies by country. |
| Aug 17 | Monday | Day off for Liberation Day | Public holiday | A substitute when 15 August falls on a weekend. |
| Sep 24 | Thursday | Chuseok Holiday | Public holiday | The day before and the day after Chuseok. |
| Sep 25 | Friday | Chuseok | Public holiday | The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, in September or October. |
| Sep 26 | Saturday | Chuseok Holiday | Public holiday | The day before and the day after Chuseok. |
| Oct 3 | Saturday | National Foundation Day | Public holiday | 3 October. |
| Oct 5 | Monday | Day off for National Foundation Day | Public holiday | A substitute when 3 October falls on a weekend. |
| Oct 9 | Friday | Hangeul Proclamation Day | Public holiday | 9 October. |
| Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day | Public holiday | 25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend. |
Show 12 observances and other marked dates
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14 | Saturday | Valentine's Day | Observance | 14 February. |
| Mar 20 | Friday | March Equinox | Observance | Around 20 March. |
| Apr 5 | Sunday | Arbor Day | Observance | |
| May 8 | Friday | Parents' Day | Observance | |
| May 15 | Friday | Teachers' Day | Observance | 5 October in many countries; other dates elsewhere. |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | June Solstice | Observance | Around 21 June. |
| Sep 23 | Wednesday | September Equinox | Observance | Around 22 September. |
| Oct 1 | Thursday | Armed Forces Day | Observance | Varies by country. |
| Oct 31 | Saturday | Halloween | Observance | 31 October. |
| Dec 22 | Tuesday | December Solstice | Observance | Around 21 December. |
| Dec 24 | Thursday | Christmas Eve | Observance | 24 December. |
| Dec 31 | Thursday | New Year's Eve | Observance | 31 December. |
About these holidays
New Year's Day
1 January. In many countries the day off moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend.
The first day of the Gregorian calendar year, and the most widely observed public holiday in the world — a day off in almost every country that uses the Gregorian calendar, regardless of religion. Several countries extend the break to 2 January, and some in East Asia keep both the Gregorian and a separate lunar new year.
Seollal Holiday
The day before and the day after Seollal.
Seollal is a three-day holiday covering the eve, the day itself and the day after, so that people have time to travel to their hometowns and back. The expressways out of Seoul are at their busiest.
Seollal
The first day of the first lunar month, between 21 January and 20 February.
The Korean lunar new year, and with Chuseok one of the two great family holidays. Families perform charye ancestral rites, eat tteokguk rice-cake soup — eating it is said to add a year to your age — and children bow to elders in return for sebae money.
Independence Movement Day
1 March.
Samiljeol marks the 1919 declaration of independence from Japanese rule and the nationwide demonstrations that followed. One of Korea's five national commemorative days.
Day off for Independence Movement Day
A substitute when 1 March falls on a weekend.
The substitute for Independence Movement Day.
Labor Day
1 May in most countries; the first Monday of September in the United States and Canada.
The workers' holiday. Almost everywhere it falls on 1 May; in the United States and Canada it was deliberately placed in September to avoid the associations of May Day.
Children's Day
1 June across the post-Soviet states and much of Asia; other dates elsewhere.
Honours children. A public holiday in a number of countries, and in China a day off for children under thirteen rather than for everyone.
Buddha’s Birthday
The eighth day of the fourth lunar month, in May.
Seokga Tansinil, marked by lotus lanterns hung along temple approaches and the Yeon Deung Hoe lantern parade in Seoul, which UNESCO lists as intangible cultural heritage.
Day off for Buddha’s Birthday
A substitute when Buddha's Birthday falls on a weekend or clashes with Children's Day.
The substitute for Buddha's Birthday.
Local Election Day
Set by each election cycle, normally every four years.
Nationwide local elections are held every four years and polling day is a public holiday.
Memorial Day
The last Monday of May in the United States; other dates elsewhere.
Honours military personnel who died in service. In the United States it also marks the unofficial start of summer.
Constitution Day
The anniversary of the adoption of the constitution — varies by country.
Marks the adoption of a country's constitution. A major public holiday in Norway, Poland, Denmark, Japan, Mexico and South Korea, among others.
Liberation Day
The anniversary of liberation from occupation — varies by country.
Marks the end of a foreign occupation, most often the end of Axis occupation in 1944–45. Observed in Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and a number of African and Asian states.
Day off for Liberation Day
A substitute when 15 August falls on a weekend.
The substitute for Liberation Day, which marks the end of Japanese rule in 1945.
Chuseok Holiday
The day before and the day after Chuseok.
Chuseok is a three-day holiday. Together with Seollal it accounts for the two heaviest travel periods of the Korean year.
Chuseok
The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, in September or October.
The harvest festival and Korea's largest holiday, often called Korean Thanksgiving. Families return to ancestral hometowns, visit graves and share songpyeon half-moon rice cakes.
National Foundation Day
3 October.
Gaecheonjeol, literally "the day the heavens opened", marks the legendary founding of Gojoseon by Dangun in 2333 BC.
Day off for National Foundation Day
A substitute when 3 October falls on a weekend.
The substitute for National Foundation Day.
Hangeul Proclamation Day
9 October.
Marks the 1446 promulgation of Hangeul, the Korean alphabet devised under King Sejong. Restored as a public holiday in 2013 after twenty years as a commemorative day only — one of the few national holidays anywhere celebrating a writing system.
Christmas Day
25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.
The most widely observed public holiday after New Year's Day, a day off in the great majority of countries including many with no Christian majority, where it functions as a secular end-of-year holiday. Orthodox churches following the Julian calendar keep it on 7 January instead.