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Public holidays in South Korea. Public holidays in South Korea each belong to one or more of three categories: National day (Korean: 국경일; Hanja: 國慶日) National flag raising day (국기게양일; 國旗揭揚日) Public holiday (공휴일; 公休日) Each category has a different legal basis. All national days are also flag-raising days.
From May 14, 2021, to May 12, 2022 Past Prime Minister of South Korea: Choo Kyung-ho: From May 12, 2022, to May 20, 2022 Prime Minister of South Korea: Han Duk-Soo: From May 21, 2022 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea: Kim Myeong-soo: Since September 25, 2017 President of the Constitutional Court of Korea: Yoo Nam-seok: From September ...
Korean New Year. Hangul. 설날. Revised Romanization. Seollal. McCune–Reischauer. Sŏllal. Seollal (Korean: 설날; RR: Seollal; MR: Sŏllal) is a Korean traditional festival and national holiday commemorating the first day of the lunisolar calendar. [1] It is one of the most important traditional holidays for ethnic Koreans, being ...
Kwangbokchŏl. The National Liberation Day of Korea is a public holiday celebrated annually on 15 August in both South and North Korea. It commemorates the day when Korea was liberated from 35 years of Japanese colonial rule by the Allies in 1945. The day also coincides with the anniversary of the founding of South Korea in 1945.
McCune–Reischauer. Hyŏnch'ungil. Memorial Day or Hyeonchungil (Korean: 현충일) is a South Korean public holiday on the sixth day of June by article 2, subparagraph 8. of 'Regulations On Holidays Of Government Offices' [1] that commemorates all the Koreans who have contributed or died while serving the Republic of Korea.
List of countries by number of public holidays. The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week. Country.
Local name. 1 January. New Year's Day [9] Celebrates the opening of the Gregorian New Year. 15 January. Chosongul Day. The day commemorates the invention (1443) and the proclamation (1446) of Chosongul, the native alphabet of the Korean language. King Sejong the Great, inventor of Chosongul, is one of the most honored rulers in Korean history.
Seollal is one of the most significant holidays in Korea, along with Chuseok. Seollal is New Year’s Day on the lunar calendar. The name originates from the word seol, which means unfamiliar, implying newness of a new coming year. It is unknown when Koreans began celebrating Seollal, but rituals of the festival are estimated to go back to the ...