Plugs and voltage
North Korea uses Types C and F sockets. Mains supply is 220 V at 50 Hz.
At 220 V, devices made only for 100–127 V (many American and Japanese hair dryers, curling irons and some shavers) will be damaged without a step-down converter. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Money
₩ North Korean Won KPW
Language
- Koreanofficial88%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
North Korea is on UTC+9, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in North Korea drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
22 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
November 2026
- Mother's Day
December 2026
- Socialist Constitution Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
February 2027
- Korean New Year
- Founding Day of the Korean People's Army
- Day of the Shining Star
- Day of the Shining Star
- Daeboreum
March 2027
- International Women's Day
April 2027
- Cheongmyeong Festival
- Day of the Sun
- Day of the Sun
- Founding Day of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army
May 2027
- International Workers' Day
June 2027
- Foundation Day of the Korean Children's Union
July 2027
- Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War
August 2027
- Liberation Day
- Day of Songun
- Youth Day
September 2027
- Founding Day of the DPRK
- Chuseok
October 2027
- Foundation Day of the Workers' Party of Korea
Travel advisories
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the whole country
Updated 2025-12-10. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +850
- Internet domain
- .kp
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
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Flag: Flag of North Korea.svg, Public domain. Arms: Emblem of North Korea.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
