List of Korean flags

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

Korean reunification flag
FlagDateUseDescription
1991–presentKorean Unification FlagUsed 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
FlagDateUseDescription
Present national flags of North and South Korea
1948–presentFlag 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.
1948–presentFlag 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
Extant 1392 The royal flag of the Goryeo dynastyAlso known as the "Bong-gi".
Extant 1856 Flag of the Joseon dynasty[2]
Extant 1876 The personal standard of the king of Joseon[2]
1882–1907 The personal standard of King Gojong of the Joseon dynasty[3]
1882–1910 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.
1919–1948 The flag of the Provisional Government of the Republic of KoreaIn exile in Shanghai and Chungking located in China
1945–1946 Flag of the People's Republic of Korea Used by the People's Committees throughout postwar Korea

South Korean national government
FlagDateUseDescription
Presidential Standard
1967–presentPresidential StandardTwo Phoenix taking golden Hibiscus syriacus under their wings.
Standard of the Prime Minister
1988–presentStandard of the Prime MinisterGolden Hibiscus syriacus inlaid in symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia
Flag of the National Government
1988–2016Flag of the National GovernmentSymbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, inlaid with the word 정부, or Government.
2016–presentFlag of the National GovernmentTaeguk with the words "Republic of Korea Government" below.
Flag of the Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces
1949–2016Flag of the Committee for the Five Northern Korean ProvincesSymbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, covered by a blue arrow.
2016–presentFlag of the Committee for the Five Northern Korean ProvincesTaeguk with the words "Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces" below.

North Korean government
FlagDateUseDescription
Standard of the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission
2018–presentFlag of the Chairman of the State Affairs CommissionEmblem of the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission on a dark red field.
Political Organizations
1949–presentFlag of the Workers' Party of KoreaCombination of a hammer (workers), a writing brush (intellectuals) and a Korean sickle (peasants), crossed over a red field.
1946–presentFlag of the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth LeagueEmblem of Youth League on a red flag, with "Youth" (청년) on the emblem.
1945–presentFlag of the Socialist Women's Union of KoreaFlag with the name of the organization: "Women's League" (녀성동맹).
1955–presentFlag of the Korean Youth League in JapanTricolor flag with the League's logo.

Military
Main articles: Korean People's Army and Republic of Korea Armed Forces
FlagDateUseDescription
North Korea
Personal standard of the Supreme Commander
1993–presentFlag of the People's Army Ground Force
1990s–presentNaval ensign of North KoreaShows Mount Paektu and Heaven Lake.
1993–presentFlag of the People's Navy
1993–presentFlag of the People's Air Force
?–presentFlag of the Strategic Force
?–presentFlag of the Special Operation Force
South Korea
1948–presentFlag of the Ministry of National DefenseInsignia of the Ministry on red field.
1946–presentFlag of the ArmyInsignia of the Army on a field parted per fess, above is white, below is blue.
1955–presentNaval ensign, navy flag, and naval jackTaegeuk on crossed anchors, in a white canton on a blue field.
1952–presentFlag of the Marine CorpsThe resemblance to the flag of the U.S. Marine Corps shows the strong American influence on the creation of South Korean government and military.
1952–presentFlag of the Air Force
Korea
War flagShows a version of the Lo shu magic square.

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. "History of the South Korean flag". www.crwflags.com.
  3. http://internationalcongressesofvexillology-proceedingsandreports.yolasite.com/resources/23rd/Kariyasu-TheHistoryofTaegeukFlags.pdf
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