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When is Children's Day in South Korea?

Children's Day falls on Monday, May 5th, 2025 (and observes on Tuesday, May 6th, 2025, 9 days ago) in South Korea.

Is Children's Day a public holiday?

Yes, Children's Day is a public holiday in South Korea.

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Year Date Weekday Name Notes
2021 May 5th Wednesday Children's Day
2022 May 5th Thursday Children's Day
2023 May 5th Friday Children's Day Long weekend.
2024 May 6th Monday Children's Day (Observed) Long weekend.
2025 May 6th Tuesday Children's Day (Observed)
2026 May 5th Tuesday Children's Day
2027 May 5th Wednesday Children's Day
2028 May 5th Friday Children's Day Long weekend.
2029 May 7th Monday Children's Day (Observed) Long weekend.
2030 May 6th Monday Children's Day (Observed) Long weekend.
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="2024" -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": "2024",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'KR',
  year: '2024',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'KR',
  'year' => '2024',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "KR"
$Body.year = "2024"
$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': '2024',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'KR',
  'year': '2024',
})