This page contains the list of North Korea 2023 official public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The public holidays listing on this page is also accessible via our free Android
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The list of North Korea public holidays in 2023 is:
Date
Weekday
Public Holiday
Sunday
Solar New Year's Day
Sunday
Seollal Holiday
Sunday
Cheongwoldaeboreum
(Korean Folk Festival)
Thursday
Day of the Shining Star
(Kim Jong Il's Birthday)
Wednesday
International Women's Day
Wednesday
Chungmyung Day
Saturday
Kim Il Sung's Birthday Holiday
Tuesday
Korean People's Army Foundation Day
Monday
Labor Day
Tuesday
Korean Children's Union Foundation Day
Thursday
Victory Day
(1953)
Tuesday
Liberation Day
(1945)
Friday
Day of Songun
Saturday
National Day
(1948)
Friday
Han'gawi Holiday
Tuesday
KWP Foundation Day
(1945)
Thursday
Mothers' Day
Wednesday
Constitution Day
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Global Holidays Observed in North Korea
Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in North Korea, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2023-2033).