Korean Public Holidays
Lists public holidays and substitute holidays for a year, including the lunar-dated ones, as a calendar or ICS.
Half of Korea’s public holidays are on the lunar calendar, so 설날 and 추석 move every year and take the days either side with them; on top of that, a 대체공휴일 is added when one falls on a weekend or collides with another. This lists a year’s worth with both rules applied, and exports it as an ICS file.
Holidays
19
대체공휴일
4
Falling on a weekday
13
The ones you actually get off
Longest run
5 days
Public holidays in 2026
- 2026-01-01ThuNew Year's Day신정
- 2026-02-16MonSeollal holidaylunar설날 연휴
- 2026-02-17TueLunar New Yearlunar설날
- 2026-02-18WedSeollal holidaylunar설날 연휴
- 2026-03-01SunIndependence Movement Day삼일절
- 2026-03-02MonSubstitute holidaysubstitute for Independence Movement Day (삼일절)대체공휴일
- 2026-05-05TueChildren's Day어린이날
- 2026-05-24SunBuddha's Birthdaylunar부처님오신날
- 2026-05-25MonSubstitute holidaysubstitute for Buddha's Birthday (부처님오신날)대체공휴일
- 2026-06-06SatMemorial Day현충일
- 2026-08-15SatLiberation Day광복절
- 2026-08-17MonSubstitute holidaysubstitute for Liberation Day (광복절)대체공휴일
- 2026-09-24ThuChuseok holidaylunar추석 연휴
- 2026-09-25FriChuseoklunar추석
- 2026-09-26SatChuseok holidaylunar추석 연휴
- 2026-10-03SatNational Foundation Day개천절
- 2026-10-05MonSubstitute holidaysubstitute for National Foundation Day (개천절)대체공휴일
- 2026-10-09FriHangul Day한글날
- 2026-12-25FriChristmas Day기독탄신일
Runs
- 2026-02-14 ~ 2026-02-185 days
- 2026-02-28 ~ 2026-03-023 days
- 2026-05-23 ~ 2026-05-253 days
- 2026-08-15 ~ 2026-08-173 days
- 2026-09-24 ~ 2026-09-274 days
- 2026-10-03 ~ 2026-10-053 days
- 2026-10-09 ~ 2026-10-113 days
- 2026-12-25 ~ 2026-12-273 days
Weekends that join onto a holiday are counted in.
The substitute-holiday rules
- · If a day of the 설날 or 추석 holiday falls on a Sunday or another public holiday, a day is added after the run (since 2014).
- · 3·1절, 광복절, 개천절, 한글날 and 어린이날 move to the next non-holiday if they fall on a Saturday, a Sunday or another public holiday (어린이날 from 2014, the rest from 2021).
- · 부처님오신날 and Christmas follow the same rule (from 2023).
- · 1 January and 현충일 get no substitute. That is the part that surprises people most often.
- · Where two public holidays fall on the same day, only one substitute is created. 5 May 2025 was both 어린이날 and 부처님오신날, and the substitute was the 6th alone.
A 임시공휴일 (temporary public holiday, such as 27 January 2025) and election days cannot be computed from a rule and are not included. They are decided in cabinet and announced days beforehand, so they need checking each year.
How to use it
Pick the year
Fixed-date and lunar holidays are listed together, with substitute days marked as such rather than merged in.
Look at the runs, not the days
What matters for planning is where a holiday lands relative to a weekend. A Thursday holiday and a Tuesday holiday are different amounts of leave for the same one day off.
Export to your calendar
The ICS file imports into any calendar application. Re-export when a year’s holidays are confirmed rather than importing several years at once.
Common questions
Are future years reliable?
The dates follow the rules in force. What they cannot predict is a 임시공휴일, which is designated by cabinet decision at short notice, or a change to the substitute-holiday rule itself. For a year not yet begun, treat the list as the rules’ output rather than as the final calendar.
Which holidays get a substitute day?
The rule has been widened several times and now covers most holidays, but not all of them, and the treatment of a holiday that falls on a Saturday differs from a Sunday. The list marks each substitute day with the holiday it belongs to so you can see which rule applied.
Is a public holiday a paid day off?
Since the 관공서 공휴일 규정 was extended to private workplaces, statutory holidays are paid leave for businesses with five or more employees. Under five, they are not, unless the contract or the 취업규칙 says so — which is a question for your own terms, not for this calendar.
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