Korean Lunar New Year 2025. South korea celebrates 11 national holidays annually, including lunar new year, buddha's birthday, and chuseok, which shift in date following the lunar calendar. 설날 is a family day.

In south korea, one of the most important traditional public holidays is lunar new year. In the 2025 year of the wood snake, korean lunar new year in seoul falls on wednesday, january 29th, with public holiday dates stretching from tuesday, january 29th to thursday, january 30th.