{
  "entity_type": "data_package",
  "dataset_id": "calcgrid-south-korea-public-holidays",
  "dataset_version": "kr-public-holidays-2026.1",
  "jurisdiction": "KR (South Korea statutory public holidays and public-office substitute holidays for 2026)",
  "year": 2026,
  "coverage": {
    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2026-12-31"
  },
  "weekend_days": [
    "Saturday",
    "Sunday"
  ],
  "scope": "South Korea statutory public holidays and public-office substitute holidays for 2026",
  "holiday_policy": "National, substitute and election holiday event kinds are preserved; this is not a universal private-employer or school closure calendar.",
  "substitute_day_policy": "Only the published 2026 substitute dates are included; employer exchanges, local-government holidays and school schedules are not inferred.",
  "limitation": "The package covers the 2026 statutory/public-office schedule only; private-employer, school, bank, exchange, local-government and 2027 schedules are not inferred.",
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-16",
      "name": "Seollal holiday eve",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-17",
      "name": "Seollal",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-18",
      "name": "Seollal holiday day after",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-01",
      "name": "March 1st Movement Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-02",
      "name": "Substitute holiday for March 1st Movement Day",
      "kind": "substitute_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 3"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
      "name": "Labor Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(6), 2026 amendment"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-05",
      "name": "Children's Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(7)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-24",
      "name": "Buddha's Birthday",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-25",
      "name": "Substitute holiday for Buddha's Birthday",
      "kind": "substitute_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 3"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-03",
      "name": "Local election day",
      "kind": "election_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public office election-day schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-06",
      "name": "Memorial Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(8)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-17",
      "name": "Constitution Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(2), 2026 amendment"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-15",
      "name": "Liberation Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-17",
      "name": "Substitute holiday for Liberation Day",
      "kind": "substitute_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 3"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-24",
      "name": "Chuseok holiday eve",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(9)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-25",
      "name": "Chuseok",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(9)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-26",
      "name": "Chuseok holiday day after",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(9)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-03",
      "name": "National Foundation Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-05",
      "name": "Substitute holiday for National Foundation Day",
      "kind": "substitute_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 3"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-09",
      "name": "Hangeul Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-25",
      "name": "Christmas Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Regulation Article 2(10)"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Korea National Law Information Center – public holidays regulation",
      "url": "https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsLinkCommonInfo.do?lsJoLnkSeq=1033028569",
      "type": "government_law",
      "document_id": "관공서의 공휴일에 관한 규정, Presidential Decree 36290 (2026-04-30)",
      "scope": "statutory public-holiday categories and substitute-holiday rule"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ministry of Personnel Management – Labor Day and Constitution Day public holidays",
      "url": "https://www.mpm.go.kr/mpm/comm/newsPress/newsPressRelease/?boardId=bbs_0000000000000029&category=&cntId=4250",
      "type": "government_press_release",
      "scope": "2026 additions of May 1 Labor Day and July 17 Constitution Day"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ministry of Employment and Labor – Labor Day public-holiday implementation",
      "url": "https://moel.go.kr/news/enews/report/enewsView.do?news_seq=19254",
      "type": "government_press_release",
      "scope": "Labor Day is a paid holiday and is not replaced by another day"
    },
    {
      "name": "Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute – 2026 calendar data",
      "url": "https://astro.kasi.re.kr/kor/life/post/calendarData?search_year=2026",
      "type": "government_calendar_reference",
      "scope": "published 2026 Gregorian/lunar date mapping and public-holiday date table"
    }
  ]
}