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South Korea Public Holidays 2025

See also: 2025 public holidays in APEC, Asia, North Korea, OECD and worldwide.

This page contains the list of South Korea 2025 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 and iPhone/iPad mobile apps. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of South Korea official public holidays in 2025 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday Observance
Jan Wednesday New Year's Day
Jan Tuesday Seol-nal Holiday
Jan Wednesday Seol-nal (Lunar New Year)
Jan Thursday Seol-nal Holiday
Mar Saturday Sam Il Jul (Samil Day)
May Thursday Labor Day banks other
May Monday Orininal (Children's Day)
May Monday Sukka Tansin Il (Buddha Day)
June Friday Hyun Choong Il (Memorial Day)
Aug Friday Kwang Bok Jul (Independence Day)
Oct Friday Kae Chun Jul (Foundation Day)
Oct Sunday Chusok (Harvest Moon Festival)
Oct Monday Chusok (Harvest Moon Festival)
Oct Tuesday Chusok (Harvest Moon Festival)
Oct Wednesday Chusok Holiday (government and businesses with 5+ employees) other government
Oct Thursday Hangeul Day
Oct Friday Chusok Holiday (tentative)
Dec Thursday Christmas Day

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Recent South Korea Public Holidays News and Updates


Below is a list of recent news and updates related to South Korea public holidays, national holidays, government holidays and bank holidays (note that this newsfeed is delayed by 30 days).

Global Holidays Observed in South Korea


Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in South Korea, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2021-2031).

South Korea Background Information and Links