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
Spring Festival
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Friday June 3, 2022
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).
Children's Day
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Monday June 6, 2022
Secular holiday :
Kim Jong II joigning the Workers Party of Korea
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Sunday June 19, 2022
Culture :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday July 15, 2022
School holidays :
Victory Day
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Wednesday July 27, 2022
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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Monday August 15, 2022
Secular holiday : Conmemoration of the end of the 35 years Japanese occupation in 1945.
Rason International Trade Fair
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Saturday August 20, 2022
Tradeshows : Https://www.youngpioneertours.com/ lasts 4 days - in the main Special Economic Zone of North Korea. 2022 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (end)
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Tuesday August 23, 2022
School holidays :
Day of Songun
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Thursday August 25, 2022
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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Friday September 9, 2022
Secular holiday : Founded in 1948.
Chuseok
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Saturday September 10, 2022
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
International Trade Fair
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Thursday September 15, 2022
Tradeshows : Lasts 4 days - www.northkoreatech.org in Pyongyang 2022 edition NOT confirmed
Pyongyang International Film Festival
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Friday September 16, 2022
Culture : Lasts 12 days
http://pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com in Pyongyang 2022 edition confirmed
Parliament sitting days (end)
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Tuesday September 27, 2022
Special Events :
Anniversary of the Foundation of the Workers' Party
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Monday October 10, 2022
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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Wednesday November 16, 2022
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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Tuesday November 29, 2022
Secular holiday : To commemorate the country's launch in 2017 of an intercontinental ballistic missile