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When is Korean New Year's Day in South Korea?

Korean New Year's Day falls on Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 (105 days ago) in South Korea.

Is Korean New Year's Day a public holiday?

Yes, Korean New Year's Day is a public holiday in South Korea.

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Year Date Weekday Name Notes
2021 February 12th Friday Korean New Year's Day Long weekend.
2022 February 1st Tuesday Korean New Year's Day
2023 January 23rd Monday Korean New Year's Day (Observed) Long weekend.
2024 February 10th Saturday Korean New Year's Day
2025 January 29th Wednesday Korean New Year's Day
2026 February 17th Tuesday Korean New Year's Day
2027 February 6th Saturday Korean New Year's Day
2028 January 26th Wednesday Korean New Year's Day
2029 February 13th Tuesday Korean New Year's Day
2030 February 4th Monday Korean New Year'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',
})