List of South Korean flags

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This is a list of flags used in South Korea, from 1945 to the present.

National flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	August 15, 1948 – October 15, 1949	Civil and state flag and ensign of the First Republic of South Korea.	This flag was designed by the first National Assembly.
	October 15, 1949 – October 1997	Civil and state flag and ensign of South Korea	This flag was designed by the Ministry of Education and Culture in October 1949. The exact colors were not specified.[1]
	October 15, 1997 – May 2011	Civil and state flag and ensign of the Sixth Republic of South Korea.	In October 1997, the South Korean government officially specified the exact colors to be used on the flag via presidential decree.
	May 30, 2011 – present	Civil and state flag and ensign of South Korea.	In 2011, the South Korean government re-specified the colors.

National government flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1967–present	Presidential Standard	Two phoenixes taking golden Hibiscus syriacus under their wings
	1988–present	Standard of the prime minister	Golden Hibiscus syriacus inlaid in symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia
	March 2016 – present	Flag of the national government	Symbolic Taeguk insignia, with wordmark in Korean 대한민국정부 ("Government of the Republic of Korea").
	1949 (original) – 1988 (design update) – March 2016	Flag of the national government	Symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, inlaid with the words 정부 ("Government").
	2005–present	Flag of the South Korean national police agency.

Military flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1948–present	Flag of the armed forces	Insignia of the armed forces on a red field.
	1946–present	Flag of the army	Insignia of the army on a field parted per fess; above is white, below is blue.
	1955–present	Naval jack (maritime flag)	Taegeuk on crossed anchors in a white canton on a blue field
	1952–present	Flag of the marine corps	The similarity with the flag of the United States Marine Corps shows the strong influence of the United States since the creation of South Korean armed forces.
	1949–present	Flag of the air force
	1968–present	Flag of the Republic of Korea Reserve Forces

South Korean coast guard flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2005–present	Flag of the South Korean coast guard	Insignia of the South Korean coast guard, with the words 해양경찰청 ("Maritime Police Agency")

Historical flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1946–1996	Old flag of Seoul	The circle in the center of the emblem represents a street[clarification needed] and the octagonal symbol stands for the eight mountains surrounding Seoul.
	1963–1995	Old flag of Busan
	1977–1996	Old flag of Daegu	The emblem is designed during the Japanese rule.
	1996–2001
	1972–1995	Old flag of Daejeon	Before upgraded to a municipality in 1989, Daejeon was a city under the South Chungcheong Province's management.
	1977–1996	Old flag of Incheon
	1986–1988	Old flag of Gwangju
	1988–2000
	1969–1999	Old flag of North Chungcheong Province
	1962–1998	Old flag of South Chungcheong Province
	1998–2012
	1970–1997	Old flag of Gangwon Province
	1967–1996	Old flag of Gyeonggi Province
	1996–2006
	2006–2021
	1966–1997	Old flag of North Gyeongsang Province
	1974–1999	Old flag of South Gyeongsang Province
	1969–1987	Old flag of North Jeolla Province
	1987–1991
	1991–1997
	1997–2009
	1969–2000	Old flag of South Jeolla Province
	2000–2016
	1969–2009	Old flag of Jeju Province

Political flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description	Ref.
	1976–1979	Flag of the South Korean People's Front Preparation Committee	Modelled the flag of North Korea and the flag of Viet Cong	[2]

Provincial-level division flags[]

Flag	Date	Name	Geocode	Description
	1996–present	Seoul Special City	KR-11	Flag of Seoul
	2012–present	Sejong Special Self-Governing City	KR-50	Flag of Sejong City
	1995–present	Busan Metropolitan City	KR-26	Flag of Busan
	2001–present	Daegu Metropolitan City	KR-27	Flag of Daegu
	1996–present	Incheon Metropolitan City	KR-28	Flag of Incheon
	2000–present	Gwangju Metropolitan City	KR-29	Flag of Gwangju
	1995–present	Daejeon Metropolitan City	KR-30	Flag of Daejeon
	1997–present	Ulsan Metropolitan City	KR-31	Flag of Ulsan
	2021–present	Gyeonggi Province	KR-41	Flag of Gyeonggi Province
	1997–present	Gangwon Province	KR-42	Flag of Gangwon Province
	1999–present	North Chungcheong Province	KR-43	Flag of North Chungcheong Province
	2012–present	South Chungcheong Province	KR-44	Flag of South Chungcheong Province
	2009–present	North Jeolla Province	KR-45	Flag of North Jeolla Province
	2016–present	South Jeolla Province	KR-46	Flag of South Jeolla Province
	1997–present	North Gyeongsang Province	KR-47	Flag of North Gyeongsang Province
	1999–present	South Gyeongsang Province	KR-48	Flag of South Gyeongsang Province
	2009–present	Jeju Special Self-Governing Province	KR-49	Flag of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province

North Korean provincial flags[]

As the South Korean government claims the territory of North Korea as its own, provincial flags also exist for the North Korean provinces that are claimed by South Korea. The following are flags of the five Korean provinces located entirely north of the Military Demarcation Line as according to the South Korean government, as it formally claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire Korean Peninsula.

Flag	Name	Geocode	Description
	North Hamgyeong Province	- (KP-09)	Flag of North Hamgyeong Province, claimed by South Korea
	South Hamgyeong Province	- (KP-08)	Flag of South Hamgyeong Province, claimed by South Korea
	Hwanghae Province	- (KP-05 and KP-06)	Flag of Hwanghae Province, claimed by South Korea
	North Pyeongan Province	- (KP-03)	Flag of North Pyeongan Province, claimed by South Korea
	South Pyeongan Province	- (KP-02)	Flag of South Pyeongan Province, claimed by South Korea

See also[]

• Flag of South Korea
• List of Korean flags
• Emblem of South Korea

References[]

Works cited[]

• Tertitskiy, Fyodor (August 2016). "Star and Stripes: History of the North Korean Flag and its Place in State Ideology" (PDF). Journal of Contemporary Korean Studies. 3 (1–2): 265–284. OCLC 6848975723.