List of Korean flags

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This is a list of flags used by South Korea, North Korea, and their predecessor states.

Korean reunification flag[]

Flag Date Use Description
Unification flag of Korea.svg 1991–present Korean Unification Flag Used to represent the whole of Korea when North and South participate together in international sporting events.[1]

National[]

Main articles: Flag of North Korea and Flag of South Korea
Flag Date Use Description
Present national flags of North and South Korea
Flag of South Korea.svg 1948–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the Republic of Korea
(Taegeukgi)		 White field with a red and blue taegeuk in the center and four black trigrams, one in each corner of the flag. Current, post-2011 version shown.
Flag of North Korea.svg 1948–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(Ramhongsaek Konghwagukki)		 Red field with a blue bar on the top and bottom and a star in the center known as the red flag. Current, post-1992 version shown.
Historical versions
Royal flag of Goryeo (Bong-gi).svg Extant 1392 Information on reverse side is not available The royal flag of the Goryeo dynasty[2] Also known as the "Bong-gi".
Extant 1856 Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the Joseon dynasty[3][4]
Flag of the King of Joseon (1876).png Extant 1876 Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag The personal standard of the king of Joseon[3][4]
Flag of the king of Joseon.svg 1882–1907 Information on reverse side is not available The personal standard of King Gojong of the Joseon dynasty[4]
Flag of Korea (1882-1910).svg 1882–1910 Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the Korean Empire
The third version from the top is depicted in the 1882 U.S. Navy book, Flags of Maritime Nations. Lowest is the version found in the 1944 United States postage stamp series. 		The former Korean imperial flag had a different taegeuk from that in the current South Korean flag. Note that the 1882 U.S. Navy depiction may be left-right reversed. The arrangement of the trigrams was not officially fixed until an ordinance of 1948, when the South Korean government was established.
Flag of Korea (1888, Denny Taegukgi).svg
Flag of Korea 1882.svg
Flag of Korea (1893).svg
Flag of Korea (1899).svg
Korean flag 1944 United States stamp detail.jpg
Flag of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.svg 1919–1948 Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag The flag of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea In exile in Shanghai and Chungking located in China
Flag of the People's Committee of Korea.svg 1945–1946 Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the People's Republic of Korea Used by the People's Committees throughout postwar Korea

South Korean government[]

Flag Date Use Description
Presidential Standard
Flag of the President of South Korea.svg 1967–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagPresidential Standard Two Phoenix taking golden Hibiscus syriacus under their wings.
Standard of the Prime Minister
Standard of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea.svg 1988–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagStandard of the Prime Minister Golden Hibiscus syriacus inlaid in symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia
Flag of the National Government
Flag of the government of South Korea (1988–2016).svg 1988–2016 Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the National Government Symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, inlaid with the word 정부, or Government.
Flag of the Government of the Republic of Korea.svg 2016–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the National Government Taeguk with the words "Republic of Korea Government" below.
Flag of the Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces
Former flag of the Committee of the Five Provinces of North Korea.svg 1949–2016 Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces Symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, covered by a blue arrow.
Flag of the Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces.svg 2016–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces Taeguk with the words "Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces" below.

North Korean government[]

Flag Date Use Description
Standard of the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission
Flag of the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea.svg 2018–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission Emblem of the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission on a dark red field.
Political Organizations
Flag of the Workers' Party of Korea.svg 1949–present Flag of the Workers' Party of Korea Combination of a hammer (workers), a writing brush (intellectuals) and a Korean sickle (peasants), crossed over a red field.
Flag of KSYL.svg 1946–present Flag of the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League Emblem of Youth League on a red flag, with "Youth" (청년) on the emblem.
Korean Women's League logo.svg 1945–present Flag of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea Flag with the name of the organization: "Women's League" (녀성동맹).
Flag of Chochong.svg 1955–present Flag of the  [ja] Tricolor flag with the League's logo.

Military[]

Main articles: Korean People's Army and Republic of Korea Armed Forces
Flag Date Use Description
North Korea
Standard of the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army.svg Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagPersonal standard of the Supreme Commander
Flag of the Korean People's Army Ground Force.svg 1993–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the People's Army Ground Force
Naval ensign of North Korea.svg 1990s–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagNaval ensign of North Korea Shows Mount Paektu and Heaven Lake.
Flag of the Korean People's Navy.svg 1993–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the People's Navy
NKAF flag.svg 1993–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the People's Air Force
Flag of the Korean People's Army Strategic Force.svg ?–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the Strategic Force
Flag of the Korean People's Army Special Operation Force.svg ?–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the Special Operation Force
South Korea
Flag of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.svg
 1948–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the Ministry of National Defense Insignia of the Ministry on red field.
Flag of the Army of the Republic of Korea.svg 1946–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the Army Insignia of the Army on a field parted per fess, above is white, below is blue.
Naval Jack of South Korea.svg 1955–present Naval ensign, navy flag, and naval jack Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagTaegeuk on crossed anchors, in a white canton on a blue field.
Flag of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps.svg 1952–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the Marine Corps The resemblance to the flag of the U.S. Marine Corps shows the strong American influence on the creation of South Korean government and military.
Flag of the Republic of Korea Air Force.svg 1952–present Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagFlag of the Air Force
Korea
Ensign of the Joseon Navy.svg Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagWar flag Shows a version of the Lo shu magic square.
Military Flag of Goguryeo.svg 4th century Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagMilitary Flag of Goguryeo A Simple Red Field.
Military Flag of Goguryeo (Ssangyeongchong).svg Late 5th Century Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagMilitary Flag of Goguryeo A Red Swallowtail Banner with a Yellow stripe.
Military Flag of Goguryeo.svg (Tonggu No. 12).svg Half 5th Century Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagMilitary Flag of Goguryeo A Black 4 Pointed Banner with 3 White Stripes.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Myers, Brian Reynolds (7 February 2018). "On the February 8 Parade and the Olympics". Sthele Press. Retrieved 9 February 2018. By forbearing to march behind the yin-yang flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, the South Korean athletes are making a bigger sacrifice than the North Koreans... [T]he peninsula flag means two very different things to the two Koreas. In the South it symbolizes a desire for peaceful co-existence, or at most for a unification of equal partners in the reassuringly remote future. In wall posters above the DMZ it has always symbolized the southern masses’ yearning for “autonomous unification,” meaning absorption by the North. It’s worrying to think how inner-track propaganda is certain to misrepresent the South Koreans’ eschewal of their state flag for this of all symbols — and at this of all events.
  2. ^ "봉기(鳳旗)" (in Korean). War Memorial of Korea. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "History of the South Korean flag". www.crwflags.com.
  4. ^ a b c Kariyasu, Nozomi (July 2009). The History of Taegeuk Flags [of South Korea] (PDF). 23rd International Congress of Vexillology. Yokohama, Japan: International Federation of Vexillological Associations.

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