Whether you are a local searching for a short break or an international traveler, Public Holiday Info Portal is here to help you start planning your vacation
A public holiday, national holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year. This page contains public holidays sorted by years. Holiday dates may be change from time to time, so please check back regularly for updates. Scroll down to view the national holidays and short description of each holiday.
- North Korea National Holidays are published each year by their leader thru Korean Central News Agency.
- This country has very strict closed door policy and Official Public Holidays info can only obtain from the state-run news agency.
- As North Korea restrict on Internet access, all legal documents, constitution or labour laws is strictly forbidden by anyone outside the country.
- Most of Public Holidays in North Korea are based on Korean traditional holidays and also reference to the government and leaders, religious holidays are not celebrate in North Korea.
- The Day of the Sun, the birthday of the founder and first leader Kim Il-sung, on 15 April is the most important holiday in the country.
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| Date | Day | Holiday |
| 1 Jan | Sun | New Year's Day - Celebrates the opening of the Gregorian New Year |
| 28 Jan | Sat | Seollal Holiday - Korean New Year, based on the Korean calendar. |
| 11 Feb | Sat | The 15th of the first month by the lunar calendar / Cheongwoldaeboreum - celebrates the first full moon of the new year of the lunar Korean calendar which is the Korean version of the First Full Moon Festival |
| 16 Feb | Thurs | Day of the Shining Star (Birth date of Kim Jong-II) - Birth anniversary of the country's second leader, Kim Jong-il |
| 8 Mar | Wed | Intentional Women's Day - Celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women for their economic, political and social achievements |
| 4 Apr | Tue | Chungmyung Day - Commemoration of ‘Hansik’, the 105th day after the winter solstice and historically commemorated in Chinese custom, and partly at exemplifying the open heartedness of Kim Jong Eun |
| 15 Apr | Sat | Day of the Sun (Birth date of Kim II-Sung) - Birth anniversary of Kim Il-Sung, founder and president of North Korea |
| 25 Apr | Tue | Chosun People's Army Foundation Day - The 'Military Foundation Day' was changed from 8 February to 25 April , this is the nominal day of establishment of this army in 1932 |
| 1 May | Mon | Labour Day - Celebrates the economic and social achievements of workers. |
| 6 Jun | Tue | Chosun Children's Union Foundation Day - Marking the 1946 foundation of the Korean Children's Union |
| 19 Jun | Mon | Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's commencement of work in the Workers' Party Central Committee - Marks Kim Jong-il's 1964 graduation from Kim Il-sung University and start of work in the party organization |
| 27 Jul | Thurs | Day of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War - End of the Korean War in 1953 |
| 15 Aug | Tue | Liberation Day - Established after the liberation of Korea in 1945 |
| 25 Aug | Fri | Day of Songun - commemorating Kim Jong-il's inspection visit to the Seoul Ryu Kyong Su Guards 105th Armored Division of the Korean People's Army on August 25, 1960, which is always regarded as the "start of the Songun revolutionary leadership" by the North Korean government |
| 9 Sept | Sat | National Day - Independence in 1948 under the leadership of Kim Il-sung. Thus Independence Day in North Korea is celebrated on 9th September every year, marking the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and its liberation from the Soviet occupation |
| 4 Oct | Wed | Han'gawi Holiday - Based on the Korean calendar. Is a major harvest festival and a three-day holiday in Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar on the full moon |
| 10 Oct | Tue | Party Foundation Day - Founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1945 |
| 16 Nov | Thurs | Mother's Day - A new holiday from 2012 onward honoring all mothers |
| 27 Dec | Wed | Constitution Day - Enactment of the Constitution of North Korea in 1998 |
| Date | Day | Holiday |
| 1 Jan | Mon | New Year's Day |
| 16 Feb | Fri | Seollal Holiday |
| 16 Feb | Fri | Birth date of Kim Jong-II / Day of the Shining Star |
| 2 Mar | Fri | The 15th of the first month by the lunar calendar / Cheongwoldaeboreum |
| 8 Mar | Thurs | Intentional Women's Day |
| 5 Apr | Thurs | Chungmyung Day |
| 15 Apr | Sun | Birth date of Kim II-Sung / Day of the Sun |
| 25 Apr | Wed | Chosun People's Army Foundation Day |
| 1 May | Tue | Labor Day |
| 6 Jun | Wed | Chosun Children's Union Foundation Day |
| 19 Jun | Tue | The great leader Comrade King Jong II started work at the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea |
| 27 Jul | Fri | Day of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War |
| 15 Aug | Wed | Liberation Day |
| 25 Aug | Sat | Day of Songun |
| 9 Sept | Sun | National Day |
| 24 Sept | Mon | Chuseok |
| 10 Oct | Wed | Party Foundation Day |
| 16 Nov | Fri | Mother's Day |
| 27 Dec | Thurs | Constitution Day |
