1 dayWed, Jan 1
New Year's Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
1
Stretch it: take 2 days of leave (Dec 30–31) for 5 days off (Dec 28 – Jan 1).
🇰🇷
Long Weekends in South Korea 2025
South Korea has 4 long weekends (3 or more consecutive days off) in 2025, counting public holidays and Sat–Sun weekends; the longest natural break runs 3 days (May 3 – 5). Placed well, 1 day of leave stretches a break to 4 consecutive days off — every option is below.
- Long weekends
- 4
- Longest break
- 3 days
- Best bridge
- +1 → 4 days
- Weekend
- Sat–Sun
Subscribe to or print South Korea holidays →
Every break in 2025
Public holidayWeekendLeave day
1 dayWed, Jan 29
Korean New Year — a lone day off, bridge it:
29
Stretch it: take 2 days of leave (Jan 27–28) for 5 days off (Jan 25 – 29).
2 daysSat, Mar 1 – Sun, Mar 2
12
3 daysSat, May 3 – Mon, May 5
Children's Day · Buddha's Birthday
345
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (May 6–9) for 9 days off (May 3 – 11).
3 daysFri, Jun 6 – Sun, Jun 8
678
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Jun 2–5) for 9 days off (May 31 – Jun 8).
3 daysFri, Aug 15 – Sun, Aug 17
151617
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Aug 11–14) for 9 days off (Aug 9 – 17).
3 daysFri, Oct 3 – Sun, Oct 5
National Foundation Day · Korean Thanksgiving
345
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Oct 6–8 + Oct 10) for 10 days off (Oct 3 – 12).
1 dayThu, Oct 9
Hangul Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
9
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Oct 10) for 4 days off (Oct 9 – 12).
1 dayThu, Dec 25
Christmas Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
25
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Dec 26) for 4 days off (Dec 25 – 28).
All bridge plans, ranked by date
Each plan books leave only on working days between two natural breaks, so every one of them returns more than one day off per day of leave.
| Days off | Leave | Span |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2d · Dec 30–31 | Dec 28 – Jan 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 30–31 + Jan 2–3 | Dec 28 – Jan 5 |
| 5 | 2d · Jan 2–3 | Jan 1 – 5 |
| 5 | 2d · Jan 27–28 | Jan 25 – 29 |
| 9 | 4d · Jan 27–28 + Jan 30–31 | Jan 25 – Feb 2 |
| 5 | 2d · Jan 30–31 | Jan 29 – Feb 2 |
| 9 | 4d · May 6–9 | May 3 – 11 |
| 9 | 4d · Jun 2–5 | May 31 – Jun 8 |
| 9 | 4d · Aug 11–14 | Aug 9 – 17 |
| 9 | 4d · Sep 29 – Oct 2 | Sep 27 – Oct 5 |
| 7 | 3d · Oct 6–8 | Oct 3 – 9 |
| 10 | 4d · Oct 6–8 + Oct 10 | Oct 3 – 12 |
| 4Best value | 1d · Oct 10 | Oct 9 – 12 |
| 6 | 3d · Dec 22–24 | Dec 20 – 25 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 22–24 + Dec 26 | Dec 20 – 28 |
| 4 | 1d · Dec 26 | Dec 25 – 28 |
| 8 | 4d · Dec 26 + Dec 29–31 | Dec 25 – Jan 1 |
| 6 | 3d · Dec 29–31 | Dec 27 – Jan 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 29–31 + Jan 2 | Dec 27 – Jan 4 |
Computed from South Korea's public holidays plus Sat–Sun weekends. Substitute days count as days off; observances don't. Bridges spend at most 4 leave days, booked only on working days.