National Holidays in South Korea in 2024

Upcoming Holidays in South Korea

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: New Year's Day

: Korean New Year Holiday

: Korean New Year

  • Known as Seollal, Korean New Year is the first day of the lunar Korean calendar. It is the most important of the traditional Korean holidays


: Korean New Year Holiday

: Korean New Year Holiday

: March 1st Movement

  • Independence Movement Day (Samil Jeol) commemorates a nation-wide independence movement in South Korea which took place on March 1st 1919 in protest against colon


: Labour Day

: Children's Day

  • This Holiday was founded by the Korean childrens writer Pang Chong-hwan in 1923 as a way to instil in the children a sense of independence and national pride


: Buddha's Birthday

: Memorial Day

: Constitution Day

: Liberation Day

: Harvest Festival Holiday

: Harvest Festival

: Harvest Festival Holiday

: National Foundation Day

: Hangeul Day

: Christmas Day

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