South Korea Public Holidays for
South Korea has 11 public holidays in 2026. 6 fall on weekdays, 5 on weekends.
All 11 public holidays
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Thursday | ์ ์ |
| Feb 17 | Tuesday | ์ค๋ |
| Mar 1 | Sunday(weekend) | 3ยท1์ |
| May 5 | Tuesday | ์ด๋ฆฐ์ด๋ |
| May 24 | Sunday(weekend) | ์๊ฐํ์ ์ผ |
| Jun 6 | Saturday(weekend) | ํ์ถฉ์ผ |
| Aug 15 | Saturday(weekend) | ๊ด๋ณต์ |
| Sep 24 | Thursday | ์ถ์ |
| Oct 3 | Saturday(weekend) | ๊ฐ์ฒ์ |
| Oct 9 | Friday | ํ๊ธ๋ |
| Dec 25 | Friday | ๊ธฐ๋ ํ์ ์ผ |
Plan your time off
6 holidays fall on weekdays in 2026 โ here are the best periods to extend them into long breaks using fewer leave days.
4 days off ยท 1 leave day
Jan 1 โ Jan 4
์ ์
4 days off ยท 1 leave day
Feb 14 โ Feb 17
์ค๋
4 days off ยท 1 leave day
May 2 โ May 5
์ด๋ฆฐ์ด๋
4 days off ยท 1 leave day
Sep 24 โ Sep 27
์ถ์
4 days off ยท 1 leave day
Oct 8 โ Oct 11
ํ๊ธ๋
4 days off ยท 1 leave day
Oct 9 โ Oct 12
ํ๊ธ๋
4 days off ยท 1 leave day
Dec 24 โ Dec 27
๊ธฐ๋ ํ์ ์ผ
4 days off ยท 1 leave day
Dec 25 โ Dec 28
๊ธฐ๋ ํ์ ์ผ
3 days off ยท 1 leave day
Feb 28 โ Mar 2
3ยท1์
3 days off ยท 1 leave day
May 23 โ May 25
์๊ฐํ์ ์ผ
Leave entitlements in South Korea
South Korean employees receive 15 days of annual leave after one year, with one additional day for every two years of service. South Korea has 15 public holidays.