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We love them and we’d love them more if they were uniform across the globe. Holidays and Festivals have a habit of happening after you’ve worked out your travel schedule to the last nanosecond. Find out how your trip figures with calendars around the world with JourneyMart’s exhaustive list.
NORTH KOREA
Date 2005 Occasion
January 1 New Year's Day  
February 16 - 17 Kim Jong-II's Birthday
April 15 Kim II-Sung's Birthday
April 25 Foundation of the People's Army
May 1 International Worker's Day
July 27 Victory Day (Korean War Armistice)
August 15 Liberation Day
September 9 DPRK Foundation Day
October 10 Foundation of the Worker's Party
December 27 Constitution Day
Non-Holiday Observances
February 1-3 Sollal*
March 1 Anti-Japanese Uprising Day
March 8 International Women's Day
May 16 Buddha's Birthday*
June 1 International Children's Day
*According to lunar calender