Currency: Won (KPW)Internet domain: .kp - telephone code: +850 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: +9 (DST: no)Weekend: Sunday Anniversary of the Foundation of the Workers' Party
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Thursday october 10, 2024
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
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Saturday november 16, 2024
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
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Monday november 18, 2024
Secular holiday : To commemorate the country's launch in 2017 of an intercontinental ballistic missile
Day of Mourning
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Tuesday december 17, 2024
Culture : In tribute to the late Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il 10-day ban from laughing and alcohol drinking
Constitution's Day
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Friday december 27, 2024
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
School holidays
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Wednesday january 1, 2025
School holidays : 2022 school calendar not available
Often, schools dont 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
North Korean men and women, at the age of 17, are required to participate in military service. Men must serve 10 years, while women “only” 6 years
We carry confirmed dates till Jan 2022
New Year's Day
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Wednesday january 1, 2025
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
National Language Day
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Wednesday january 15, 2025
Culture :
Sollal
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Wednesday january 29, 2025
Secular holiday : Korean New Year
North Koreans begin celebrating the Lunar New Year’s day by showing their loyalty to the Kim family. And later in the day, people observe ancestral rites, enjoy family meals, and watch art performances embedded with messages praising the preeminence of leader Kim Jong-un and the ruling party’s leadership.
In the morning, North Korean people lay flowers and pay respect to the statues or the portraits of the late North Korean leaders, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-Il.
Pyongyang residents visit the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun where the embalmed bodies of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il are enshrined, and climb up Mansu Hill to bow down to giant bronze statues of the late leaders.