| New Year's Day - Saturday January 1, 2022 Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| School holidays - Saturday January 1, 2022 School holidays : 2021 school calendar not available
Schools don’t have enough funds to operate, so they go on vacation for 10 days or so and order students to collect wild greens, acorns and animal skins. The students call these periods ‘wild greens vacations’ or ‘acorn vacations’
Students are required to collect 1 kg of wild greens, 5 kg of acorns, and 3 rabbit skins. They also have to collect 5 kg of wood for heating. Some schools even require students to contribute a pair of gloves for use at construction sites.
If students cannot meet the quotas for wood, they must provide the school with US $2 instead.
Tight jeans prohibited
Haircuts are limited to 15 imposed styles
Dates 2021 calendar NOT confirmed, but North Korea has extended school vacations as part of COVID-19 disease control efforts
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| National Language Day - Saturday January 15, 2022 Culture :
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| Anniversary of the Foundation of the Workers' Party - 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]
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| Mother's Day - Tuesday November 16, 2021 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 from 2015 onwards
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| Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Day - Monday November 29, 2021 Secular holiday : To commemorate the country's launch in 2017 of an intercontinental ballistic missile
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| Constitution's Day - Monday December 27, 2021 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
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