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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.
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.
Liberation from the Empire of Japan in 1945. See Japanese Occupation of Korea. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was founded in 1948. South Korea. March 1st Movement (Samiljeol) 1 March. 1919. Korean Declaration of Independence in 1919. This day is celebrated as Samiljeol, or Independence Proclamation Day.
9 March – 2022 South Korean presidential election: 20th Republic of Korea presidential election was held on 9 March 2022. It is the eighth presidential election since democratization. [ 3][ 4] Yoon Suk-yeol narrowly won the 2022 presidential election. 1 June – 2022 South Korean local and by-elections.
Status of observance. Map of countries where Christmas is a formal public holiday either on December 24/25 or January 6/7. Colour shading indicates "Days of rest". Note: Slovenia does have two days of rest, but the 26th is not a Christmas-related public holiday (Independence and Unity Day). Many national governments recognize Christmas as an ...
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 ...
Easter + 1 day, December 26, first Tuesday in November. Family Day is a public holiday in the countries of Angola, Israel, Namibia, South Africa, Uruguay, Vanuatu, and Vietnam; in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan; in the American states of Arizona and Nevada; and as the second day of ...
The traditional Korean calendar or Dangun calendar (Korean: 단군; Hanja: 檀君) is a lunisolar calendar. Dates are calculated from Korea's meridian (135th meridian east in modern time for South Korea), and observances and festivals are based in Korean culture. Koreans now mostly use the Gregorian calendar, which was officially adopted in ...