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

Korean New Year's Eve falls on Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 (106 days ago) in South Korea.

Is Korean New Year's Eve a public holiday?

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

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Year Date Weekday Name Notes
2021 February 11th Thursday Korean New Year's Eve
2022 January 31st Monday Korean New Year's Eve Long weekend.
2023 January 21st Saturday Korean New Year's Eve
2024 February 9th Friday Korean New Year's Eve Long weekend.
2025 January 28th Tuesday Korean New Year's Eve
2026 February 16th Monday Korean New Year's Eve Long weekend.
2027 February 5th Friday Korean New Year's Eve Long weekend.
2028 January 25th Tuesday Korean New Year's Eve
2029 February 12th Monday Korean New Year's Eve Long weekend.
2030 February 2nd Saturday Korean New Year's Eve
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"
$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',
})