Public holidays in South Korea

**Holidays**
Date	English Name	Local Name			Remarks
Date	English Name	Romanized	Hangul	Hanja	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Sinjeong	신정	新正
1st month, 1st day of the lunar calendar	Lunar New Year's Day	Seolnal	설날		Usually in early February; three-day consecutive holidays
March 1	Independence Movement Day	Samil Jeol	3.1절 (삼일절)	三一節	To commemorate the March 1st Movement, a nation-wide independence movement which took place in 1919 in protest against Japan's colonisation
May 5	Children's Day	Uh'rininal	어린이날		Known as Boy's Day until 1975
8th day, 4th month of the lunar calendar	Buddha's Birthday	Bucheonim Osinnal	부처님 오신날	釋迦誕辰日	Usually in late May; also called 석가 탄신일
June 6	Memorial Day	Hyeonchung-il	현충일	顯忠日
July 17	Constitution Day	Jeheonjeol	제헌절	制憲節	The first Constitution proclaimed in 1948
August 15	Independence Day	Gwangbokjeol	광복절	光復節	Independence from Japanese Colonisation in 1945
8th month, 15th day of the lunar calendar	Thanks Giving Day	Chuseok	추석	秋夕	Usually in late September; three-day consecutive holidays
October 3	National Foundation Day	Gaecheonjeol	개천절	開天節	"Festival of the Opening of Heaven" (See Dangun.)
December 25	Christmas	Seongtanjeol	성탄절	聖誕節	Also known as 크리스마스 or the Korean romanisation of the English word, 'Christmas'.

[edit] Other observances

Labour Day (근로자의날) on May 1 (not a public holiday, but many companies and the financial markets are closed)
Parents' Day (어버이날) on May 8 (not a public holiday)
Teachers' Day (스승의 날) on May 15 (not a public holiday)
Hangul Day (한글날) on October 9 (not a legal holiday since 1991, but still a national commemoration day)