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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for South Korea, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.

17
Observances
0
Subdivisions
2
Exchanges
1
Calendar system

The next public holiday in South Korea is

National Liberation Day

In 10 days

19:52 local time in South Korea Working day Last: Constitution Day, 17 July 2026 · 21 days ago

Computed · local time Asia/Seoul

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South Korea public holidays in 2026

17 national closures in 2026. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.

DateObservanceEvidence
1 January 2026New Year's DayVerified
16 February 2026Seollal EveCompiled
17 February 2026Seollal expectedCompiled
18 February 2026Seollal expectedCompiled
2 March 2026Independence Movement DayVerified
1 May 2026Labour DayVerified
5 May 2026Children's DayVerified
25 May 2026Buddha's Birthday expectedCompiled
6 June 2026Memorial DayVerified
17 July 2026Constitution DayVerified
17 August 2026National Liberation DayVerified
24 September 2026Chuseok Eve expectedCompiled
25 September 2026Chuseok expectedCompiled
26 September 2026Chuseok expectedCompiled
5 October 2026National Foundation DayVerified
9 October 2026Hangul DayVerified
25 December 2026Christmas DayVerified

Long weekends in South Korea, 2026

12 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. Weekends and national closures only.

WhenLengthBecause ofLeave
1 Jan – 4 Jan4 daysNew Year's Daytake Fri 2 Jan
14 Feb – 18 Feb5 daysSeollal Eve, Seollalno leave needed
28 Feb – 2 Mar3 daysIndependence Movement Dayno leave needed
1 May – 3 May3 daysLabour Dayno leave needed
1 May – 5 May5 daysLabour Day, Children's Daytake Mon 4 May
23 May – 25 May3 daysBuddha's Birthdayno leave needed
17 Jul – 19 Jul3 daysConstitution Dayno leave needed
15 Aug – 17 Aug3 daysNational Liberation Dayno leave needed
24 Sep – 27 Sep4 daysChuseok Eve, Chuseokno leave needed
3 Oct – 5 Oct3 daysNational Foundation Dayno leave needed
9 Oct – 11 Oct3 daysHangul Dayno leave needed
25 Dec – 27 Dec3 daysChristmas Dayno leave needed

How South Korea keeps time

Observances17 across the national calendar
Evidence17 verified · 0 corroborated · 0 compiled, from 2 named sources
LanguagesEnglish, Korean
Calendar systemsgregorian
ExchangesXKOS, XKRX
Last reviewed2026-08-03

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