Korean National Holidays 2009~2010

It is very useful information to somebody live in Korea. Good to refer to it.

This list is Korean holidays ^^

It is bad news that we had a lot of holidays on Saturday in 2009.

For instance, June 6th and October 3rd, these holidays were on Saturday ~!!

Let's look forward to 2010 :-)





Below are listed Public Holidays for the January 2009-December 2010 period.

2009

- 1 Jan : New Year.
- 25-27 : Jan Sollal (Lunar New Year).
- 1 Mar : Independence Movement Day.
- 1 May : Labour Day (not an official public holiday but many companies and financial markets close).
- 5 May : Children's Day.
- 9 May : Buddha's Birthday.
- 6 Jun : Memorial Day.
- 15 Aug : Liberation Day.
- 2-4 Oct : Harvest Moon (Chuseok).
- 3 Oct : National Foundation Day.
- 25 Dec : Christmas Day.


2010

- 1 Jan : New Year.
- Jan/Feb* : Sollal (Lunar New Year).
- 1 Mar : Independence Movement Day.
- 1 May : Labour Day (not an official public holiday but many companies and financial markets close).
- 5 May : Children's Day.
- 28 Apr : Buddha's Birthday.
- 6 Jun : Memorial Day.
- 15 Aug : Liberation Day.
- Sep/Oct* : Harvest Moon (Chuseok).
- 3 Oct : National Foundation Day.
- 25 Dec : Christmas Day.