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🇰🇷 Public Holidays in South Korea
Browse stored holidays for South Korea in Eastern Asia, Asia. For 2027 we currently list 17 holiday rows, including 17 confirmed official public holidays. Labels on each date show category and confirmation status.
- ISO
KR/KOR - RegionEastern Asia, Asia
- TypeCountry
- Data availability Available
South Korea holiday summary · 2027
Counts come from stored rows only. Tentative and estimated dates are shown separately from confirmed public holidays.
- Total holidays (2027) 17
- Confirmed official public 17
- National public (type) 17
- Regional public (type) 0
- Religious (type) 0
- Tentative / estimated 0
- This month (November 2026) 0
- Next upcoming 2027-01-01 New Year's Day · Confirmed
About holidays in South Korea
Overview generated from this country’s stored coverage — not a generic policy article.
National holidays
This dataset includes 17 national public holiday type row(s) for 2027.
Religious & cultural observances
No religious-type rows are stored for 2027 in this database.
Regional variations
No regional public holiday rows are stored for 2027.
Data sources & updates
Holiday availability reflects provider discovery and MySQL cache for this country. Source URLs are stored on individual holiday records when present.
Upcoming in South Korea
Next dates from the database for this country.
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Saturday | Lunar New Year Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Monday | Lunar New Year Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Tuesday | Lunar New Year Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Monday | Independence Movement Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Saturday | Labour Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Wednesday | Children's Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Thursday | Buddha's Birthday Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed |
2027 holidays preview
All stored rows for South Korea in 2027.
| Date | Holiday | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Lunar New Year Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Lunar New Year Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Lunar New Year Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Independence Movement Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Labour Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Children's Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Buddha's Birthday Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Memorial Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Constitution Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Liberation Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Chuseok Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Chuseok Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Chuseok Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| National Foundation Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Hangul Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed | |
| Christmas Day Public | National Public Holiday | Confirmed |
South Korea holiday FAQ
Does an empty or partial South Korea list mean there are no holidays?
No. It only means our database does not currently contain those rows. Official holidays may still exist outside this dataset.
How are tentative and estimated dates handled?
They are labeled explicitly and are not counted as confirmed official public holidays in the summary figures.