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Public holidays in South Korea. Public holidays in South Korea each belong to one or more of three categories: National day ( Korean : 국경일; Hanja : 國慶日) National flag raising day ( 국기게양일; 國旗揭揚日) Public holiday ( 공휴일; 公休日) Each category has a different legal basis. All national days are also flag ...
The National Liberation Day of Korea is a public holiday celebrated annually on 15 August in both South and North Korea. It commemorates the day when Korea was liberated from 35 years of Japanese colonial rule by the Allies. The day also coincides with the anniversary of the founding of South Korea in 1948. [1]
Korean New Year. Hangul. 설날. Revised Romanization. Seollal. McCune–Reischauer. Sŏllal. Seollal ( Korean : 설날; RR : Seollal; MR : Sŏllal) is a Korean traditional festival and national holiday commemorating the first day of the lunisolar calendar. [ 1] It is one of the most important traditional holidays for ethnic Koreans, being ...
Lunar New Year. Sebae (New Year's greetings), Charye (ancestral ceremony), Yunnori (traditional game) 1st day of first month. Tteokguk (rice cake soup), Yakgwa (honey cakes) Daeboreum. First full moon. Geuybulnori (rice field burning), Daljip Taeugi (bonfire), Aengmagi Taeugi (talisman burning) 15th day of first month.
List of countries by number of public holidays. The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week. Country.
During some years, certain dates related with the Kim regime are additionally designated as public holidays for propaganda purposes. In the 2014 version of the North Korean calendar, "Generalissimo Day" (대원수추대일) briefly became a holiday that honors when Kim Jong Il posthumously received the title "Generalissimo of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" in 2012.
Culture of Korea. The traditional Korean calendar or Dangun calendar ( Korean : 단군; Hanja : 檀君) is a lunisolar calendar. Dates are calculated from Korea's meridian ( 135th meridian east in modern time for South Korea), and observances and festivals are based in Korean culture . Koreans now mostly use the Gregorian calendar, which was ...
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