Current Date And Time In Gwangjeok, South Korea
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
23:47:40 KST
Find official public holiday dates and bank operating schedules for Gwangjeok. Stay informed on statutory non-working days for businesses, logistics, and offices in Gwangjeok.
Corporate teams, logistics hubs, and financial offices in Gwangjeok align operating hours with statutory government gazette notifications. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Independence Movement Day (Samiljeol) on March 1) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in Gwangjeok.
This is South Korea's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on South Korea's country-level and Gyeonggi-do holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in Gwangjeok as anywhere else in South Korea.
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These are South Korea's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on South Korea's country and Gyeonggi-do holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in Gwangjeok just as everywhere else in South Korea.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Movement Day (Samiljeol) | March 1 | National Holiday (Gukgyeongil) | Full Closure (Banks, Schools & Govt Administration) | www.gov.kr |
| Liberation Day (Gwangbokjeol) | August 15 | National Holiday (Gukgyeongil) | Full National Closure | www.gov.kr |
| National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol) | October 3 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | www.gov.kr |
| Hangul Day (Hangul Nal) | October 9 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | www.gov.kr |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Hangul Day (Hangul Nal) | Fri, Oct 9, 2026 | Automatic 3-day weekend |
| Independence Movement Day (Samiljeol) | Mon, Mar 1, 2027 | Automatic 3-day weekend |
Gwangjeok's bank branches, municipal offices and public schools close on South Korea's statutory holidays just as they do everywhere else in the country — shops and restaurants more often stay open with adjusted hours rather than closing outright.
A statutory holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday in Gwangjeok doesn't simply get skipped — South Korea's gazette process typically moves the observed day off to the following Monday.
Gwangjeok runs on the Asia/Seoul time zone, so statutory holidays here fall on the same local calendar date as the rest of South Korea — there's no cross-timezone shift to account for.