Public holidays in North Korea 2027

22 public holidays; 14 fall on a working day. The weekend in North Korea is Saturday and Sunday.

Date	Holiday	Days
1 JanuaryFriday	New Year's Day
7 FebruarySunday	Korean New Yearweekend
8 FebruaryMonday	Founding Day of the Korean People's Army
16 FebruaryTuesday	Day of the Shining Star
17 FebruaryWednesday	Day of the Shining Star
21 FebruarySunday	Daeboreumweekend
8 MarchMonday	International Women's Day
5 AprilMonday	Cheongmyeong Festival
15 AprilThursday	Day of the Sun
16 AprilFriday	Day of the Sun
25 AprilSunday	Founding Day of the Korean People's Revolutionary Armyweekend
1 MaySaturday	International Workers' Dayweekend
6 JuneSunday	Foundation Day of the Korean Children's Unionweekend
27 JulyTuesday	Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War
15 AugustSunday	Liberation Dayweekend
25 AugustWednesday	Day of Songun
28 AugustSaturday	Youth Dayweekend
9 SeptemberThursday	Founding Day of the DPRK
15 SeptemberWednesday	Chuseok
10 OctoberSunday	Foundation Day of the Workers' Party of Koreaweekend
16 NovemberTuesday	Mother's Day
27 DecemberMonday	Socialist Constitution Day

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Notes

Only nationwide public holidays are listed. Regions, employers and schools may add others. See also the 2027 calendar and time in North Korea. Source: holidays 0.108 (github.com/vacanza/holidays), MIT.