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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 , and also commemorates the day in 1948 (1948-08-15) when South Korea was born.
This is a list of public holidays in North Korea. See also the Korean calendar for a list of traditional holidays. As of 2017, the North Korean calendar has 71 official public holidays, including Sundays. In the past, North Koreans relied on rations provided by the state on public holidays for feasts. Recently, with marketization people are ...
Korean New Year. Koreans wearing hanbok and playing yut during Seollal. 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 celebrated in both North ...
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. But in 2023 India has 365 holidays which 17 Gazetted holidays and more than 340 restricted holidays.
Chuseok (Korean: 추석; Hanja: 秋夕; [tɕʰu.sʌk̚], lit. ' autumn evening '), also known as Hangawi (한가위; [han.ɡa.ɥi]; from Old Korean, "the great middle [of autumn]"), is a major mid-autumn harvest festival and a three-day holiday in South Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar on the full moon.
'The day the sky opened') is a public holiday in South Korea on 3 October. Also known by the English name National Foundation Day , this holiday celebrates the legendary formation of the first Korean state of Gojoseon in 2333 BC.
Hangul Day. The Korean Alphabet Day, known as Hangeul Day ( Korean : 한글날) in South Korea, and Chosŏn'gŭl Day ( Korean : 조선글날) in North Korea, is a national Korean commemorative day marking the invention and proclamation of Hangul ( 한글 ), the Korean alphabet, by the 15th-century Korean king Sejong the Great. It is observed on ...