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North Korea (People's Rep.) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

  • Currency: Won (KPW)
  • Internet domain: .kp - telephone code: +850 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: +9 (DST: no)
  • Weekend: Sunday
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    Tuesday june 6, 2023Children's DaySecular holiday
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    Thursday june 8, 2023Dry day (no alcohol)Events, celebrations...
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    Monday june 19, 2023Kim Jong II joigning the Workers Party of KoreaEvents, celebrations...
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    Thursday june 22, 2023Spring FestivalEvents, celebrations...
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    Friday july 21, 2023Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday july 27, 2023Victory DaySecular holiday
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    Tuesday august 15, 2023Anniversary of FreedomSecular holiday
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    Sunday august 20, 2023International Trade FairTradeshows
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    Tuesday august 22, 2023Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday august 25, 2023Day of SongunSecular holiday
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    Saturday september 9, 2023Communist Party's FoundationSecular holiday
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    Saturday september 16, 2023Pyongyang International Film FestivalEvents, celebrations...
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    Friday september 29, 2023ChuseokSecular holiday
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    Tuesday october 10, 2023Anniversary of the Foundation of the Workers' PartySecular holiday
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    Thursday november 16, 2023Mother's DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday november 29, 2023Intercontinental Ballistic Missile DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday december 17, 2023Day of MourningEvents, celebrations...
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    Wednesday december 27, 2023Constitution's DayNational Day
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    Children's Day

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    Tuesday june 6, 2023
    Secular holiday :

    Dry day (no alcohol)

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    Thursday june 8, 2023
    Culture : In memoriam the late président Kim II-Sung

    Kim Jong II joigning the Workers Party of Korea

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    Monday june 19, 2023
    Culture :

    Spring Festival

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    Thursday june 22, 2023
    Culture : Surinal: after finishing spring sowing, peasants performed a sacrificial rite for God; joyful cultural rites with songs, and dances. and wine. Ssirum (Korean wrestling).

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Friday july 21, 2023
    School holidays :

    Victory Day

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    Thursday july 27, 2023
    Secular holiday : Commemorates , the day on which the Korean War came to an end (27 July, 1953). The United States, the People's Republic of China, and North Korea signed an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refused to sign but pledged to observe the armistice. http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/kw-stale/stale.htm

    Anniversary of Freedom

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    Tuesday august 15, 2023
    Secular holiday : Conmemoration of the end of the 35 years Japanese occupation in 1945.

    International Trade Fair

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    Sunday august 20, 2023
    Tradeshows : Lasts 4 days - www.northkoreatech.org in Pyongyang 2023 edition confirmed (please double-check as dates sometimes vary)

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Tuesday august 22, 2023
    School holidays :

    Day of Songun

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    Friday august 25, 2023
    Secular holiday : Seon'gun, is the country's ‘military first’ policy, which prioritizes the Korean People's Army in the affairs of state and allocates national resources to the army first. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]

    Communist Party's Foundation

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    Saturday september 9, 2023
    Secular holiday : Founded in 1948.

    Pyongyang International Film Festival

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    Saturday september 16, 2023
    Culture : Lasts 12 days http://pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com in Pyongyang 2023 edition confirmed (please double-check as dates sometimes vary)

    Chuseok

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    Friday september 29, 2023
    Secular holiday : Festival of the lunar crop , the most popular in Korea. Fruit and fresh cereals are presented to ancestors, and shared with neighbours and with the poor. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Anniversary of the Foundation of the Workers' Party

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    Tuesday october 10, 2023
    Secular holiday : Commemorates 10 October, 1945 when the Korean Workers Party was founded three months after Japan was forced to relinquish control over Korea. [Wikipedia]

    Mother's Day

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    Thursday november 16, 2023
    Secular holiday : To commemorate the date of a speech by first leader Kim Il Sung in 1961: The Duty of Mothers in the Education of Children

    Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Day

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    Wednesday november 29, 2023
    Secular holiday : To commemorate the country's launch in 2017 of an intercontinental ballistic missile

    Day of Mourning

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    Sunday december 17, 2023
    Culture : In tribute to the late Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il 10-day ban from laughing and alcohol drinking

    Constitution's Day

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    Wednesday december 27, 2023
    Secular holiday : On December 27, 1972, the Fifth Supreme People's Assembly ratified a new constitution to replace the first constitution, promulgated in 1948. Innovations of the 1972 constitution included the establishment of the positions of president and vice presidents and a super-cabinet called the Central People's Committee (CPC). The 1972 constitution was revised in April 1992. http://countrystudies.us/north-korea/58.htm