The business world's No-Go Days!
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
| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday june 6, 2023 | Children's Day | Secular holiday |  |
| Thursday june 8, 2023 | Dry day (no alcohol) | Events, celebrations... | |
| Monday june 19, 2023 | Kim Jong II joigning the Workers Party of Korea | Events, celebrations... | |
| Thursday june 22, 2023 | Spring Festival | Events, celebrations... | |
| Friday july 21, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday july 27, 2023 | Victory Day | Secular holiday | |
| Tuesday august 15, 2023 | Anniversary of Freedom | Secular holiday | |
| Sunday august 20, 2023 | International Trade Fair | Tradeshows | |
| Tuesday august 22, 2023 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday august 25, 2023 | Day of Songun | Secular holiday | |
| Saturday september 9, 2023 | Communist Party's Foundation | Secular holiday | |
| Saturday september 16, 2023 | Pyongyang International Film Festival | Events, celebrations... | |
| Friday september 29, 2023 | Chuseok | Secular holiday | |
| Tuesday october 10, 2023 | Anniversary of the Foundation of the Workers' Party | Secular holiday | |
| Thursday november 16, 2023 | Mother's Day | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday november 29, 2023 | Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Day | Secular holiday | |
| Sunday december 17, 2023 | Day of Mourning | Events, celebrations... | |
| Wednesday december 27, 2023 | Constitution's Day | National Day | |
Children's Day
-Tuesday june 6, 2023
Secular holiday :
Dry day (no alcohol)
-Thursday june 8, 2023
Culture : In memoriam the late président Kim II-Sung
Kim Jong II joigning the Workers Party of Korea
-Monday june 19, 2023
Culture :
Spring Festival
-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)
-Friday july 21, 2023
School holidays :
Victory Day
-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
-Tuesday august 15, 2023
Secular holiday : Conmemoration of the end of the 35 years Japanese occupation in 1945.
International Trade Fair
-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)
-Tuesday august 22, 2023
School holidays :
Day of Songun
-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
-Saturday september 9, 2023
Secular holiday : Founded in 1948.
Pyongyang International Film Festival
-Saturday september 16, 2023
Culture : Lasts 12 days
http://pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com in Pyongyang 2023 edition confirmed (please double-check as dates sometimes vary)
Chuseok
-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
-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
-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
-Wednesday november 29, 2023
Secular holiday : To commemorate the country's launch in 2017 of an intercontinental ballistic missile
Day of Mourning
-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
-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
