Korean Holidays 2024

Below is a list of holidays in Korea. We invite you to download the Korean Holiday Calendar in PDF format – HERE

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Mon	New Year’s Day
9 -12 Feb	Fri to Mon	Seollal / Korean New Year
1 Mar	Fri	March 1st Movement Day
10 Apr	Wed	The 22nd parliamentary election
1 May	Wed	Labor Day (Business Sector Only)
6 May	Mon	Children’s Day
15 May	Wed	Buddha’s Birthday
6 Jun	Thu	Memorial Day
15 Aug	Thu	Liberation Day
16-18 Sep	Mon to Wed	Chuseok / Thanksgiving
3 Oct	Thu	National Foundation Day
9 Oct	Wed	Korean Alphabet Day
25 Dec	Wed	Christmas Day

Korean Holidays

Here is a short summary of the main and most important holidays in Korea:

Seollal / Korean New Year

Seollal is one of the most important traditional Korean holidays as it celebrates the beginning of the Korean New Year.

Korean New Year generally occurs in January or February on the second new moon after the winter solstice and typically falls on the same day as Chinese New Year.

Chuseok – Korean Thanksgiving

Chuseok, literally “Autumn eve”, is a major harvest festival and a three-day holiday in both North- and South Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar on the full moon.