🇰🇷 South Korea public holidays 2028
South Korea has 15 public holidays in 2028. 1 of them fall on a weekend. The longest continuous break is 6 days.
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Who decides these days
South Korea's holidays are listed in a presidential decree, the Regulations on Holidays of Government Offices.
The decree covers the public sector; since 2022 the Act on Public Holidays and Article 55 of the Labor Standards Act extend the same paid days off to private workplaces with five or more employees, while smaller firms are exempt.
Two changes took effect in 2026.
Labor Day (1 May) became a public holiday from 1 May 2026 and Constitution Day (17 July) was restored from 11 May 2026.
Substitute days are where readers go wrong.
Independence Movement Day, Constitution Day, Liberation Day, National Foundation Day, Hangul Day, Buddha's Birthday, Labor Day, Children's Day and Christmas move to the next working day if they fall on a Saturday or Sunday.
The three-day Seollal and Chuseok breaks are only compensated when they hit a Sunday, not a Saturday.
New Year's Day, Memorial Day and election days are never compensated.
Two holidays landing on the same weekday also earn an extra day: on 3 October 2028 National Foundation Day coincides with Chuseok, so 5 October is expected to be a substitute holiday.
Lunar dates come from the Korea AeroSpace Administration, which publishes the next year's almanac in the Official Gazette each June; the 2028 edition is not out yet, so this table's 2028 lunar dates are estimates from the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute's converter.
Polling days for scheduled elections are also holidays — 3 June 2026 (local) and 12 April 2028 (National Assembly).
Long weekends
- January 26, 2028 – January 30, 20285 daysSeollal (Lunar New Year)
- April 29, 2028 – May 2, 20284 daysLabor Day, Buddha's Birthday
- May 5, 2028 – May 7, 20283 daysChildren's Day
- July 15, 2028 – July 17, 20283 daysConstitution Day
- September 30, 2028 – October 5, 20286 daysChuseok, Substitute holiday (Chuseok and National Foundation Day overlap)
- October 7, 2028 – October 9, 20283 daysHangul Day
- December 23, 2028 – December 25, 20283 daysChristmas Day
| Date | Name | Legal status |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2028 | New Year's Day | Public holiday |
| January 26, 2028 – January 28, 2028 · Not yet gazetted; calculated from the rule | Seollal (Lunar New Year) | Public holiday |
| March 1, 2028 | Independence Movement Day | Public holiday |
| April 12, 2028 · Not yet gazetted; calculated from the rule | National Assembly Election Day | Public holiday |
| May 1, 2028 | Labor Day | Public holiday |
| May 2, 2028 · Not yet gazetted; calculated from the rule | Buddha's Birthday | Public holiday |
| May 5, 2028 | Children's Day | Public holiday |
| June 6, 2028 | Memorial Day | Public holiday |
| July 17, 2028 | Constitution Day | Public holiday |
| August 15, 2028 | Liberation Day | Public holiday |
| October 2, 2028 – October 4, 2028 · Not yet gazetted; calculated from the rule | Chuseok | Public holiday |
| October 3, 2028 · overlaps the previous entry | National Foundation Day | Public holiday |
| October 5, 2028 · Not yet gazetted; calculated from the rule | Substitute holiday (Chuseok and National Foundation Day overlap) | Public holiday |
| October 9, 2028 | Hangul Day | Public holiday |
| December 25, 2028 | Christmas Day | Public holiday |