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North Korea Public Holidays 2026

See also: 2026 public holidays in Asia, China, Russia, South Korea and worldwide.

This page contains the list of North Korea 2026 public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of North Korea public holidays in 2026 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday
Thursday Solar New Year's Day
Sunday Korean People's Army Foundation Day
Monday Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong Il's Birthday)
Tuesday Seollal Holiday
Tuesday Cheongwoldaeboreum (Korean Folk Festival)
Sunday International Women's Day
Sunday Chungmyung Day
Wednesday Day of the Sun (Kim Il Sung's Birthday)
Saturday Army Foundation Anniversary
Friday Labor Day
Saturday Korean Children's Union Foundation Day
July Victory Day (1953)
Aug Liberation Day (1945)
Aug Day of Songun
Sep National Day (1948)
Sep Han'gawi Holiday
Oct KWP Foundation Day (1945)
Nov Mothers' Day
Dec 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 (2025-2035).

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