North Korea has a total of 21 holidays in 2022. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays and when they are observed. All the information display below is also available via our API as well as downloadable as a csv. Signup here to get started.

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Holiday	Date	Details
New Year	Saturday, January 1, 2022	New Year’s Day is the first day of the year, or January 1, in the Gregorian calendar.
Seollal	Tuesday, February 1, 2022	Chinese New Year is the first day of the Chinese calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar mainly used for traditional celebrations.
Cheongwoldaeboreum	Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Birth date of Kim Jong Il	Wednesday, February 16, 2022
International Women's Day	Tuesday, March 8, 2022
March Equinox	Sunday, March 20, 2022
Birth Date of Kim Il Sung	Friday, April 15, 2022
Chosun People's Army Foundation Day	Monday, April 25, 2022
May Day	Sunday, May 1, 2022	Labor Day, or May Day, is a day off for workers in many countries around the world.
Chosun Children's Union Foundation Day	Monday, June 6, 2022
June Solstice	Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Day of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War	Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Liberation Day	Monday, August 15, 2022
Day of Songun	Thursday, August 25, 2022
National Day	Friday, September 9, 2022
Chuseok Harvest Festival	Saturday, September 10, 2022
September Equinox	Friday, September 23, 2022
Party Foundation Day	Monday, October 10, 2022
Mother's Day	Wednesday, November 16, 2022
December Solstice	Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Constitution Day	Tuesday, December 27, 2022