Public holidays in North Korea

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This is a list of Public holidays in North Korea as of 2007:^[1]

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
1 January	New Year's Day
16 February	Kim Jong Il's Anniversary		2 days
18 February	Additional Public Holidays		3 days
15 April	Kim Il-Sung's Birthday
25 April	Army Day
1 May	Labour Day
27 July	Victory Day
15 August	Liberation Day, established when Japan surrendered to Allies of World War II
9 September	Independence Day, Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
10 October	Founding of the Korean Workers Party
27 December	Proclamation of the socialistic constitution

[edit] Other observances

• Chosǒn'gŭl Day (Korean Alphabet Day, 조선글날) on January 15

[edit] See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Culture of North Korea
• List of holidays by country
• Public holidays in South Korea
• List of traditional Korean holidays

[edit] References

1. ^ Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for North Korea