Salaried workers to get fewer public holidays next year

A calendar hangs in a classroom at a school in Daegu on June 4, 2025. Yonhap

SEOUL, June 30 (AJP) - Salaried workers or those with a five-day workweek will have 118 days off next year including weekends, one day fewer than this year, the Korea Aerospace Administration said Monday.

There will be 52 Sundays and 20 national holidays including Lunar New Year's Day and other make-up holidays.

Three national holidays - Memorial Day, Liberation Day, and National Foundation Day - fall on a Saturday while some others such as March 1 Independence Movement Day and Buddha's Birthday will fall on a Sunday and be substituted with a day off the following Monday.

The longest holiday is the Lunar New Year break that lasts five days in mid-February, followed by Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving which will be four days long in September.

Several holidays falling on weekends mean there will be fewer days off next year, as make-up holidays will not be granted for some.

Park Sae-jin swatchsjp@ajunews.com

Salaried workers to get fewer public holidays next year

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