Next year, if a 5-day workweek is implemented, there will be 118 days off. This is one day less than this year. The Korea AeroSpace Administration announced these details in the calendar guidelines for 2026 on the 30th. The calendar guidelines serve as the standard for calendar production in Korea.
The public holidays marked in red on next year's calendar will be 70 days. Adding the 52 Sundays and 20 public holidays, such as national holidays and Seollal, results in 72 days. However, since March 1st and Buddha's Birthday on May 24th fall on Sundays, the actual number of public holidays will be 70 days. This is an increase of 2 days compared to this year's 68 days.
For institutions implementing a 5-day workweek, the total number of holidays will be 122 days, including 70 public holidays and 52 Saturdays. Memorial Day on June 6th, Liberation Day on August 15th, the last day of the Chuseok holiday on September 26th, and National Foundation Day on October 3rd will overlap with Saturdays and public holidays. Excluding these, the actual number of holidays is 118 days, which is one less than this year's 119 days.
According to the 5-day workweek standards, there will be 8 long weekends of 3 days or more next year, an increase of two from this year's 6. Next year's Seollal will fall on Tuesday, February 17th. Including Saturday, Sunday, and the Seollal holiday, there will be a continuous 5-day break from February 14th to 18th. Chuseok will be on Friday, September 25th. Including the Chuseok holiday and Sunday, there will be a 4-day break from September 24th to 27th. Christmas falls on a Friday, so including the weekend, there will be a 3-day break from December 25th to 27th.
The major traditional holidays include the Full Moon Festival on March 3rd, Dano on June 19th, and Chilseok on August 19th.