Greeting cards for North Korea
12 holidays and observances locally associated with North Korea.
The list below gathers every CardVerse occasion that Wikidata associates with North Korea. It includes nationally observed public holidays, religious holidays of the country’s major faith communities, cultural festivals, and civic remembrance days. If you’re sending a card to someone in North Korea, this page is a good shortcut for finding an occasion they’re likely to recognise immediately.
Some occasions appear under more than one country — widely shared holidays like New Year, Christmas and Mother’s Day may show up here even though they aren’t exclusive to North Korea. For occasions that aren’t country-specific (birthdays, anniversaries, sympathy, friendship cards), see the categories index.
- National & Civic Holiday Cards
Army Foundation Day
public holiday in North Korea commemorating the formation of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army (KPRA)
April 25 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Day of Songun
public holiday in North Korea
August 25 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Day of the Foundation of the Republic
annual observance in North Korea, held on 9 September, marking the foundation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 9th September …
September 9 - Awareness Day Cards
Day of the Shining Star
annual observance in North Korea (16th February), celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong-il
February 16 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Fatherland Liberation War Day
holiday in North Korea
July 27 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Gwangbokjeol
public holiday in North and South Koreas (15th of August), celebrating the surrender of the Japanese Empire (which had annexed Korea) at the…
August 15 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Kim Jong Il's Initiation
public holiday in North Korea commemorating Kim Jong Il's entry to the KWP
June 19 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Korean Children's Union Foundation Day
public holiday in North Korea commemorating the foundation of the Korean Children's Union
June 6 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Military Foundation Day
public holiday in North Korea
February 8 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Party Foundation Day
public holiday in North Korea
October 10 - World Observances
Soil Exploration Day
annual observance in North Korea
May 15 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Tree Planting Day
public holiday in North Korea
April 6
Cultural deep-dives for North Korea
Beyond the dated calendar above, CardVerse keeps editorially curated cultural-detail pages for the major festivals of East Asia & Pacific. Each one covers origin, native-language greetings, design tips and reference links.
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Cultural guide
Chuseok
Korea's three-day harvest moon festival — the country's largest annual holiday, centred on family reunion and ancestral rites.…
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Cultural guide
Seollal
Korea's three-day Lunar New Year — a quieter, more familial cousin of the Chinese new year, centred on the bow to elders and a bow…