EXCHANGE HOLIDAY CALENDAR
Korea stock market holidays 2026 (KRX)
Closure dates, adjusted weekends and reopening dates for Korea Exchange, each linked to the exchange notice.
17 holidays, 17 weekday closures.
- New Year’s Day
- Seollal (Lunar New Year)
- Seollal (Lunar New Year)
- Seollal (Lunar New Year)
- Independence Movement Day (observed)
- Labour Day
- Children’s Day
- Buddha’s Birthday (observed)
- Temporary public holiday
- Constitution Day
- Liberation Day (observed)
- Chuseok
- Chuseok
- National Foundation Day (observed)
- Hangul Day
- Christmas Day
- Year-end market holiday
January 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
February 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
March 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
May 2026
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Exchange holidayNo-night evening
June 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
July 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
August 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
September 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
October 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
Holiday dates, with exchange evidence.
| Holiday | Closure period | Record source |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | 1 Jan – 1 Jan | KRX ↗ |
| Seollal (Lunar New Year) | 16 Feb – 16 Feb | KRX ↗ |
| Seollal (Lunar New Year) | 17 Feb – 17 Feb | KRX ↗ |
| Seollal (Lunar New Year) | 18 Feb – 18 Feb | KRX ↗ |
| Independence Movement Day (observed) | 2 Mar – 2 Mar | KRX ↗ |
| Labour Day | 1 May – 1 May | KRX ↗ |
| Children’s Day | 5 May – 5 May | KRX ↗ |
| Buddha’s Birthday (observed) | 25 May – 25 May | KRX ↗ |
| Temporary public holiday | 3 Jun – 3 Jun | KRX ↗ |
| Constitution Day | 17 Jul – 17 Jul | KRX ↗ |
| Liberation Day (observed) | 17 Aug – 17 Aug | KRX ↗ |
| Chuseok | 24 Sept – 24 Sept | KRX ↗ |
| Chuseok | 25 Sept – 25 Sept | KRX ↗ |
| National Foundation Day (observed) | 5 Oct – 5 Oct | KRX ↗ |
| Hangul Day | 9 Oct – 9 Oct | KRX ↗ |
| Christmas Day | 25 Dec – 25 Dec | KRX ↗ |
| Year-end market holiday | 31 Dec – 31 Dec | KRX ↗ |
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01 /
A working weekend is still a closed market.
Government make-up workdays are annotations, never instructions to reopen an exchange.
02 /
The evening is not the trading date.
A Friday evening can belong to Monday. After a holiday, the returning evening belongs to the following trading date.
03 /
An exchange notice takes precedence.
Accepted amendments carry their source, affected dates and a public revision record. Unknown is never silently changed to open.
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Markets Open, “Korea stock market holidays 2026 (KRX): full list”, https://marketsopen.today/krx/holidays/2026