Currency: Won (KPW)Internet domain: .kp - telephone code: +850 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: +9 (DST: no)Weekend: Sunday Womens' Day
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Friday march 8, 2024
Secular holiday :
Womens' Day
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Friday march 8, 2024
Culture :
National Day of Tree Planting
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Thursday march 14, 2024
Culture :
Chungmyung Day
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Thursday april 4, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemoration of Hansik, the 105th day after the winter solstice and historically commemorated in Chinese custom, and partly at exemplifying the open heartedness of Kim Jong Eun.
Marathon
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Sunday april 14, 2024
Sports events : Www.pyongyangmarathon.com/ 2024 edition confirmed
Sun/Kim Il Sung's Birthday
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Monday april 15, 2024
Secular holiday : Leader of North Korea (1912 1994)from its founding in 1948 until his death, when he was succeeded by his son Kim Jong-il. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death. Although the country is officially atheist, Kim Il-Sung is worshipped like a living god. [Wikipedia]
People's Army Foundation Day
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Thursday april 25, 2024
Secular holiday : Changed in 1978 from 8 February to 25 April (creation of an anti-Japanese guerrilla army in 1932).
Labor Day/May Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Rason International Trade Fair
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Friday may 10, 2024
Tradeshows : Https://www.youngpioneertours.com/ lasts 4 days - in the main Special Economic Zone of North Korea. 2024 edition confirmed (please double-check as dates sometimes vary)
Children's Day
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Thursday june 6, 2024
Secular holiday :
Dry day (no alcohol)
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Saturday june 8, 2024
Culture : In memoriam the late président Kim II-Sung
Spring Festival
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Monday june 10, 2024
Culture : Surinal: after finishing spring sowing, peasants performed a sacrificial rite for God; joyful cultural rites with songs, and dances. and wine. Ssirum (Korean wrestling).
Kim Jong II joigning the Workers Party of Korea
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Wednesday june 19, 2024
Culture :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday july 19, 2024
School holidays :
Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War
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Saturday july 27, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates , the day on which the Korean War came to an end (27 July, 1953).
The United States, the People's Republic of China, and North Korea signed an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refused to sign but pledged to observe the armistice. http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/kw-stale/stale.htm
Anniversary of Freedom
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Secular holiday : Conmemoration of the end of the 35 years Japanese occupation in 1945.
Day of Songun
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Sunday august 25, 2024
Secular holiday : Seon'gun, is the country's military first policy, which prioritizes the Korean People's Army in the affairs of state and allocates national resources to the army first. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
Summer holiday (end)
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Tuesday august 27, 2024
School holidays :
Communist Party's Foundation
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Monday september 9, 2024
Secular holiday : Founded in 1948.
Chuseok
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Tuesday september 17, 2024
Secular holiday : Festival of the lunar crop , the most popular in Korea. Fruit and fresh cereals are presented to ancestors, and shared with neighbours and with the poor. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
International Trade Fair
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Thursday september 19, 2024
Tradeshows : Lasts 4 days - www.northkoreatech.org in Pyongyang 2023 edition confirmed (please double-check as dates sometimes vary)
Pyongyang International Film Festival
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Friday september 20, 2024
Culture : Lasts 12 days
http://pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com/ in Pyongyang 2023 edition confirmed (please double-check as dates sometimes vary)