Public holidays in South Korea

Public holidays in South Korea

Holidays

Date	English Name	Local Name		Remarks
		Romanized	Hangul
January 1	New Year's Day
1st month, 1st day of the Lunar Calendar	Lunar New Year's Day	Seollal	설날	Usually in early February; three-day consecutive holidays
March 1	Independence Movement Day	Samil Jeol	3.1절	To commemorate March 1st Movement, a nation-wide independence movement which took place in 1919 in protest against Japan's colonisation
April 5	Arbor Day	Singmogil	식목일
May 5	Children's Day	Eorininal	어린이날
April 8 (Lunar)	Buddha's Birthday	Bucheonim Osinnal	부처님 오신날	Usually in late May
June 6	Memorial Day	Hyeonchung-il	현충일
July 17	Constitution Day	Jehyeonjeol	제현절	The first Constitution proclaimed in 1948
August 15	Indepedence Day	Gwangbokjeol	광복절	Independence from Japanese Colonisation in 1945
August 15 (Lunar)	Thanks Giving Day	Chuseok	추석	Usually in late September; three-day consecutive holidays
October 3	National Foundation Day	Gaecheonjeol	개천절	"Festival of the Opening of Heaven" (See Dangun.)
December 25	Christmas

See also

• Festivals of the Korean lunar calendar
• Korean calendar