Korea, Republic of Holidays in 2025
List of public holidays in Korea, Republic of 2025 calendar
| Date | Day | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st January | Wednesday | New Year's Day | Public Holiday |
| 28th January | Tuesday | Seollal Holiday | Public Holiday |
| 29th January | Wednesday | Seollal | Public Holiday |
| 30th January | Thursday | Seollal Holiday | Public Holiday |
| 14th February | Friday | Valentine's Day | Observance |
| 1st March | Saturday | Independence Movement Day | National Holiday |
| 3rd March | Monday | Day off for Independence Movement Day | National Holiday |
| 20th March | Thursday | March Equinox | Season |
| 5th April | Saturday | Arbor Day | Observance |
| 1st May | Thursday | Labor Day | Bank Holiday |
| 5th May | Monday | Buddha’s Birthday | Public Holiday |
| 5th May | Monday | Children's Day | Public Holiday |
| 6th May | Tuesday | Day off for Children's Day | Public Holiday |
| 8th May | Thursday | Parents' Day | Observance |
| 15th May | Thursday | Teacher's Day | Observance |
| 6th June | Friday | Memorial Day | Public Holiday |
| 21st June | Saturday | June Solstice | Season |
| 17th July | Thursday | Constitution Day | Observance |
| 15th August | Friday | Liberation Day | National Holiday |
| 23rd September | Tuesday | September Equinox | Season |
| 1st October | Wednesday | Armed Forces Day | Observance |
| 3rd October | Friday | National Foundation Day | National Holiday |
| 5th October | Sunday | Chuseok Holiday | Public Holiday |
| 6th October | Monday | Chuseok | Public Holiday |
| 7th October | Tuesday | Chuseok Holiday | Public Holiday |
| 8th October | Wednesday | Day off for Chuseok Holiday | Public Holiday |
| 9th October | Thursday | Hangeul Proclamation Day | National Holiday |
| 31st October | Friday | Halloween | Observance |
| 22nd December | Monday | December Solstice | Season |
| 24th December | Wednesday | Christmas Eve | Observance |
| 25th December | Thursday | Christmas Day | Public Holiday |
| 31st December | Wednesday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
We strive to provide an accurate and up-to-date holiday's list for Korea, Republic of. however, please note that some holidays dates may change. If you discover any discrepancies, kindly report to us.
Note: Some holidays are color-coded based on the types of holidays. For example -
- Public Holidays
- Local Holidays
- Other Holidays
Frequently Asked Questions
How many holidays in Korea, Republic of this year in 2025?
There are 18 holidays in Korea, Republic of in 2025
How to retrieve the Korea, Republic of holidays list via API?
Simply make a GET request to v1/holidays?country=KR&year=2025 API to retrieve this list of Korea, Republic of holidays. Here is an example using Node.js and our official package on NPM.
// Install the 11holidays package from NPM
// npm i 11holidays
import HolidaysApi from '11holidays';
const instance = new HolidaysApi(API_KEY);
const holidays = await instance.holidays.list({ country: 'KR', year: '2025'});
console.log(holidays);