Public Holidays in South Korea in 2018 _ national calendar of all 2018 public holidays

National calendar of all 2018 public holidays. 

Blue numbers under date are lunar date.

Date, Day, Holiday 

1 Jan, Mon <New Year's Day>

15 Feb to 17 Feb, Thu to Sat <Seollal>

* Seollal : Korean New Year generally falls on the day of the second new moon after winter solstice. Korean New Year is generally the same day as Chinese New Year.

1 Mar, Thu <March 1st Movement Day>

* March 1st Movement Day : one of the earliest public displays of Korean resistance during the rule of Korea by Japan from 1910 into 1945. The name refers to an event that occurred on March 1, 1919, hence the movement's name.

5 May, Sat <Children's Day>

29 May,Tue <Buddha's Birthday>

6 Jun, Wed <Memorial Day>

* The to commemorate the men and women who died while in military service during the Korean War and other significant wars or battles.

15 Aug, Wed <Liberation Day>

23 Sep to 25 Sep, Sun to Tue <Chuseok>

* Major harvest festival and a three-day holiday

3 Oct, Wed <National Foundation Day>

9 Oct,Tue <Hangeul Day>

* Hangeul Day : national Korean commemorative day marking the invention and the proclamation of Hangul (한글), the alphabet of the Korean language, by the 15th-century Korean monarch Sejong the Great.

25 Dec,Tue <Christmas Day>