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This is a list of 'Public holidays in North Korea' as of 2007:^[1]

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
1 January	New Year's Day
16 February	Kim Jong Il's Anniversary		2 days
18 February	Additional Public Holidays		3 days
15 April	Kim Il-Sung's Birthday
25 April	Army Day
1 May	Labour Day
27 July	Victory Day
15 August	Liberation Day, established when Japan surrendered to Allies of World War II
18 August	Last Day of REU
9 September	Independence Day, Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
10 October	Founding of the Workers Party of Korea[2]
27 December	Proclamation of the socialistic constitution

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Other observances

See also

References

Other observances

★ Chosǒn'gŭl Day (Korean Alphabet Day, 조선글날) on January 15

See also

★ List of Korea-related topics

★ Culture of North Korea

★ List of holidays by country

★ Public holidays in South Korea

★ List of traditional Korean holidays

References

1. Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for North Korea
2. The actual accuracy of this date as the founding date of the WPK is disputed (see [1]). 10 October refers to the date on which a separate North Korean structure was formed within the Communist Party of Korea in 1945, although there are also claims that this foundation took place on October 13.