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Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in South Korea for 2025 ready to be integrated into your application.

The Republic of Korea is also referred to as South Korea. This East Asian country is located at the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Korean history was first recorded in the 7th century BC. From 918-1897 two major dynasties ruled the land. With the fall of the Korean Empire, this territory was annexed to Japan in 1910. In 1945, Korea was divided into 2 countries. A few years later, on August 15, 1948, South Korea was founded. The Republic of Korea has the world’s fastest internet connection speeds and longest higher education years.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Wednesday New Year's Day
January 27th Monday Korean New Year's Holiday Long weekend.
January 28th Tuesday Korean New Year's Eve
January 29th Wednesday Korean New Year's Day
January 30th Thursday Second Day of the Korean New Year
February 14th Friday Valentine's Day Long weekend.
March 1st Saturday Independence Movement Day
March 3rd Monday Independence Movement Day (Observed) Long weekend.
March 20th Thursday March Equinox
April 5th Saturday Arbor Day
May 1st Thursday Labor Day
May 5th Monday Buddha's Birthday Long weekend.
May 5th Monday Children's Day Long weekend.
May 6th Tuesday Children's Day (Observed)
May 8th Thursday Parents' Day
May 15th Thursday Teachers' Day
June 6th Friday Memorial Day Long weekend.
June 21st Saturday June Solstice
July 17th Thursday Constitution Day
August 15th Friday Liberation Day Long weekend.
September 22nd Monday September Equinox Long weekend.
October 1st Wednesday Armed Forces Day
October 3rd Friday National Foundation Day Long weekend.
October 5th Sunday Chuseok Eve
October 6th Monday Chuseok Long weekend.
October 7th Tuesday Second Day of Chuseok
October 8th Wednesday Chuseok Holiday
October 9th Thursday Korean Alphabet Day
December 21st Sunday December Solstice
December 24th Wednesday Christmas Eve
December 25th Thursday Christmas Day
December 31st Wednesday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="KR" -d year="2025" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__" "https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "KR",
  "year": "2025",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'KR',
  year: '2025',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'KR',
  'year' => '2025',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "KR"
$Body.year = "2025"
$Url = "https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'KR',
  'year': '2025',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'KR',
  'year': '2025',
})