Looking at Next Year's Calendar, Office Workers Sigh... Fewer Holidays Than This Year and No 5-Day Long Weekend

Jeju, Gwangju and Other Local Holidays Available

Citizens are enjoying their holiday at Mangwon Hangang Park in Mapo-gu, Seoul. Meanwhile, workers subject to the five-day workweek are expected to have fewer holidays next year compared to this year.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Wooseok] Workers subject to the five-day workweek are expected to have two fewer holidays next year compared to this year.

According to the "2023 Calendar Essentials" announced by the Ministry of Science and ICT on the 12th, the official holidays marked in red on next year's calendar include 53 Sundays and 16 public holidays such as national holidays and traditional holidays, totaling 69 days. Excluding 2 holidays that overlap with Sundays, there are 67 holidays.

Workers under the five-day workweek can take a total of 116 days off, which includes 67 public holidays plus 52 Saturdays, excluding the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Buddha's Birthday, and the third day of the Chuseok holiday that overlap with Saturdays.

This is two days fewer than this year (118 days).

Additionally, the longest holidays for five-day workweek workers next year are the 4-day Lunar New Year holiday (January 21?24) and the 4-day Chuseok holiday (September 28?October 1). There will be no 5-day holidays next year. This year, the Lunar New Year holiday was 5 days long.

Meanwhile, local public holidays are included in next year's calendar essentials as well, continuing from this year. Local public holidays are days when local government offices are specially closed according to the "Regulations on Local Public Holidays." Examples include Jeju 4·3 Victims Memorial Day (April 3) and Gwangju Metropolitan City 5·18 Democratization Movement Memorial Day (May 18).

Local governments may recommend schools and businesses within their regions to close or suspend operations on local public holidays.

The calendar essentials are materials published annually by the Ministry of Science and ICT in cooperation with the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, calculating exact dates, solar terms, and public holidays as defined by related laws based on the Astronomical Law, which serve as the standard for calendar production.

Detailed information about next year's calendar essentials can be found on the websites of the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute's Astronomy and Space Knowledge Information portal.

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