This page lists all 35 public holidays for South Korea held in the site's holiday data file, data/holidays.json, which is generated from the date.nager.at public holiday API (Nager.Date), by country. Coverage runs 2026-01-01 to 2027-12-25. Dates are the source file's own dates, and each holiday's local-language name is printed exactly as the file records it. Each date and name appears once, in ascending date order.

Holiday data as of 2026-08-04 · source: date.nager.at public holiday API (Nager.Date), by country · country code KR.

Date	Holiday	Local name
2026-01-01	New Year's Day	새해
2026-02-16	Lunar New Year	설날
2026-02-17	Lunar New Year	설날
2026-02-18	Lunar New Year	설날
2026-03-02	Independence Movement Day	3·1절
2026-05-01	Labour Day	노동절
2026-05-05	Children's Day	어린이날
2026-05-25	Buddha's Birthday	부처님 오신 날
2026-06-03	Local Election Day	지방 선거일
2026-06-06	Memorial Day	현충일
2026-07-17	Constitution Day	제헌절
2026-08-17	Liberation Day	광복절
2026-09-24	Chuseok	추석
2026-09-25	Chuseok	추석
2026-09-26	Chuseok	추석
2026-10-05	National Foundation Day	개천절
2026-10-09	Hangul Day	한글날
2026-12-25	Christmas Day	크리스마스
2027-01-01	New Year's Day	새해
2027-02-06	Lunar New Year	설날
2027-02-08	Lunar New Year	설날
2027-02-09	Lunar New Year	설날
2027-03-01	Independence Movement Day	3·1절
2027-05-03	Labour Day	노동절
2027-05-05	Children's Day	어린이날
2027-05-13	Buddha's Birthday	부처님 오신 날
2027-06-06	Memorial Day	현충일
2027-07-19	Constitution Day	제헌절
2027-08-16	Liberation Day	광복절
2027-09-14	Chuseok	추석
2027-09-15	Chuseok	추석
2027-09-16	Chuseok	추석
2027-10-04	National Foundation Day	개천절
2027-10-11	Hangul Day	한글날
2027-12-25	Christmas Day	크리스마스

Time zone reference for this country: Time in South Korea.

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