National Holidays in South Korea in 2019

South Korea
2019

List of Holidays in South Korea in 2019

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Tuesday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Monday	Feb 04	Korean New Year Holiday	National Holiday
Tuesday	Feb 05	Korean New Year	National Holiday
Wednesday	Feb 06	Korean New Year Holiday	National Holiday
Friday	Mar 01	March 1st Movement	National Holiday	Independence Movement Day
Wednesday	May 01	Labour Day	Not A Public Holiday	Not an official holiday but widely observed
Sunday	May 05	Children's Day	National Holiday
Monday	May 06	Children's Day (in lieu)	National Holiday	Substitute Day
Sunday	May 12	Buddha's Birthday	National Holiday	8th day of 4th lunar month
Thursday	Jun 06	Memorial Day	National Holiday
Wednesday	Jul 17	Constitution Day	Not A Public Holiday
Thursday	Aug 15	Liberation Day	National Holiday	National Day
Thursday	Sep 12	Harvest Festival Holiday	National Holiday	Day before Chuseok
Friday	Sep 13	Harvest Festival	National Holiday	Chuseok
Saturday	Sep 14	Harvest Festival Holiday	National Holiday	Day after Chuseok
Thursday	Oct 03	National Foundation Day	National Holiday
Wednesday	Oct 09	Hangeul Day	National Holiday	Korean alphabet day
Wednesday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	National Holiday

Public holidays in South Korea are commonly known as 'Red Days' as this is how they are usually coloured in printed calendars.
The Korean government has announced that from the second half of 2014 onwards, if the date of Seollal, Chuseok, or Children's Day falls on Sunday, then the holiday will be extended to Monday.
Until the middle of 2014, Holidays are observed on their calendar date. If the date of a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then the holiday will not be moved to a weekday.