| January 1: | New Year's Day |
| January 31: | New Year's Day (Lunar January 1) |
| February 14: | Jongwol-Daeborum (Lunar January 15 - Korean Folk Festival) |
| February 16: | The Day of the Shining Star: General Kim Jong Il's birthday (1942) |
| April 15: | The Day of the Sun: President Kim Il Sung's birthday (1912) |
| April 25: | The Founding Day of the Korean People's Army (1932) |
| May 1: | The Day of the Working People of the Whole World |
| July 27: | The Day of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War (1953) |
| August 15: | Liberation Day (1945) |
| September 8: | Hangawi (Lunar August 15 - Korean Folk Festival) |
| September 9: | The Founding Day of the DPRK (1948) |
| August 25: | The Day of Songun: General Kim Jong Il started his Songun revolutionary leadership (1960) |
| October 10: | The Founding Day of the Workers' Party of Korea (1945) |
| December 27: | DPRK Socialist Constitution Day |