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Memorial Day or Hyeonchungil (Korean: 현충일) is a South Korean public holiday on the sixth day of June by article 2, subparagraph 8. of 'Regulations On Holidays Of Government Offices' [1] that commemorates all the Koreans who have contributed or died while serving the Republic of Korea.
These days celebrate events considered joyous to Korea. In the beginning, Independence Declaration Day (March 1) was first stipulated in 1946. [9] After the establishment of the Government of the Republic of Korea in 1948, four major National Celebration Days (Independence Declaration Day, Constitution Day, Liberation Day, National Foundation Day) were provided by "The Law Concerning the ...
6 June – A South Korean activists' group led by North Korean defector Park Sang-hak sends 200,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets, U.S. bills, and USB sticks containing K-pop songs and South Korean dramas to North Korea with 10 balloons in retaliation to for the North's deployment of balloons carrying trash to South Korea. [30]
10. 17., partially amended, the following days are declared holidays in South Korea: [13] [14] 1 January - New Year's Day; 27 January [15] to 31 January - Korean New Year; 1 March - March 1st Movement Day; 5 May - Children's Day South Korea; 5 May - Buddha's Birthday; 6 June - Memorial Day; 15 August - National Liberation Day; 3 October ...
10. 17., partially amended], the following days are declared holidays in South Korea: [11] 1 January – New Year's Day; 1 February to 3 February – Korean New Year; 1 March – March 1st Movement Day; 5 May – Children's Day South Korea; 8 May – Buddha's Birthday; 6 June – Memorial Day; 15 August – National Liberation Day
South Korea's main doctors' lobby group said on Sunday it would go on strike on June 18 to protest the government's healthcare reform plan, defying a warning by the prime minister that such action ...
10. 17., partially amended], the following days are declared holidays in South Korea: [24] 1 January - New Year's Day; 21 January to 24 January - Korean New Year; 1 March - March 1st Movement Day; 5 May - Children's Day South Korea; 27 May - Buddha's Birthday; 6 June - Memorial Day; 15 August - National Liberation Day; 28 September to 30 ...
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