List of South Korean flags
Appearance
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This is a list of flags used in South Korea, from 1945 to the present.
National flags
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15 August 1948 – 14 October 1949 | Civil and state flag and ensign of the First Republic of South Korea. | This flag was designed by the first National Assembly. |
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15 October 1949 – 20 February 1984 | Civil and state flag and ensign of the First, Second, Third, Fourth and the Fifth Republic of South Korea. | This flag was standardized by the National Flag Correction Committee, and announced by the Ministry of Education and Culture in October 1949. The exact colors were not specified.[1][2] |
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21 February 1984 – 14 October 1997 | Civil and state flag and ensign of the Fifth and Sixth Republic of South Korea. | In February 1984, with the enactment of regulations on the South Korean flag, the South Korean government re-designated the colors. The exact color was not specified. |
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15 October 1997 – 29 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. |
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30 May 2011 – present | Civil and state flag and ensign of South Korea. | In May 2011, the South Korean government re-specified the colors. |
National government flags
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1967–present | Presidential Standard | Two phoenixes over a golden Hibiscus syriacus |
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1988–present | Standard of the prime minister | Golden Hibiscus syriacus inlaid in white symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia |
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1949 (original) – 1988 (design update) – March 2016 |
Flag of the national government | Symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, inlaid with the word 정부 ("Government"). |
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March 2016 – present | Flag of the national government | Symbolic Taeguk insignia, with wordmark in Korean 대한민국정부 ("Government of the Republic of Korea"). |
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2005–present | Flag of the South Korean national police agency | Insignia of the South Korean National Police, with the words 경찰청 ("Police Agency") |
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2005–present | Flag of the South Korean coast guard | Insignia of the South Korean coast guard, with the words 해양경찰청 ("Maritime Police Agency") |
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?–2018 | Flag of the National Election Commission | Symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, inlaid with the character 選 |
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2018–present | Flag of the National Election Commission | Symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, inlaid with word 선거 |
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1949–2016 | Flag of the Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces | White flag with a Hibiscus syriacus superimposed by a blue delta symbol represented north |
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2016–present | Flag of the Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces | Symbolic Taeguk insignia, with grey words 이북5도위원회 ("Committee for the Five Northern [Korean] Provinces") |
Military flags
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Insignia of the armed forces on a red field. |
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Crimson flag with the insignia of the JCS and the words 합동참모본부. |
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Insignia of the army on a field parted per fess; above is white, below is blue. |
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1955–present | Naval ensign, navy flag, and naval jack | Taegeuk on crossed anchors in a white canton on a blue field |
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1968–present | Flag of the Republic of Korea Reserve Forces |
Political flags
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2020–present | Minsaeng Party | |
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2020–present | Women's Party | |
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?–present | Justice Party | |
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?–present | People Power Party | |
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2015–present | New National Participation Party | |
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2019–2020 | New Conservative Party | |
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2018–2020 | Bareunmirae Party | |
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2017–2020 | Liberty Korea Party | |
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2016–2022 | Socialist Revolutionary Workers' Party | |
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2016–2018 | Bareun Party | |
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1995–2006 | United Liberal Democrats | |
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1992–1994 | Unification National Party | |
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1995–1997 | New Korea Party | |
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1987–1990 | Reunification Democratic Party | |
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1985–1988 | New Korean Democratic Party | |
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1987–1990 | Democratic Justice Party | |
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1981–1987 | Democratic Justice Party | |
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1981–1988 | Democratic Korea Party | |
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1976–1979 | South Korean National Liberation Front Preparation Committee | Modelled the flag of North Korea and the flag of Viet Cong[3] |
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1967–1980 | New Democratic Party | |
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1949–1950s | Flag of Ilminism | |
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1946–1959 | Northwest Youth League | |
Link to file | 1946–1949 | Korean National Youth Association | |
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1946–1949 | Workers' Party of South Korea |
Flags of legislatures
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1948–2014 | Flag of the National Assembly | |
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2014–present | Flag of the National Assembly | |
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1991–2014 | Flag of municipal council flags | |
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2014–present | Flag of municipal council flags |
Flags of judiciaries
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1978–present | Flag of South Korean courts | Dark blue flag with the emblem of South Korean courts in the middle. |
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1988–2017 | Flag of the Constitutional Court of Korea | Dark blue flag with the emblem of the Constitutional Court of Korea in the middle |
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2017–present | Flag of the Constitutional Court of Korea | Dark blue flag with the emblem of the Constitutional Court of Korea in the middle |
Flags of subdivisions
[edit]Provincial-level division flags
[edit]North Korean provincial flags
[edit]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.
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North Hamgyeong Province | - (KP-09) |
Flag of North Hamgyeong Province, claimed by South Korea |
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South Hamgyeong Province | - (KP-08) |
Flag of South Hamgyeong Province, claimed by South Korea |
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Hwanghae Province | - (KP-05 and KP-06) |
Flag of Hwanghae Province, claimed by South Korea |
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North Pyeongan Province | - (KP-03) |
Flag of North Pyeongan Province, claimed by South Korea |
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South Pyeongan Province | - (KP-02) |
Flag of South Pyeongan Province, claimed by South Korea |
Flags of other cities
[edit]Historical flags
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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. |
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1962–1995 | Old flag of Busan | |
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1977–1996 | Old flag of Daegu | The emblem is designed during the Japanese rule. |
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1972–1995 | Old flag of Daejeon | Before upgraded to a municipality in 1989, Daejeon was a city under the South Chungcheong Province's management. |
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1977–1996 | Old flag of Incheon | |
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1986–1988 | Old flag of Gwangju | |
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1969–1998 | Old flag of North Chungcheong Province | |
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1962–1998 | Old flag of South Chungcheong Province | |
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1970–1997 | Old flag of Gangwon Province | |
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1967–1996 | Old flag of Gyeonggi Province | |
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1966–1997 | Old flag of North Gyeongsang Province | |
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1974–1999 | Old flag of South Gyeongsang Province | |
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1969–1987 | Old flag of North Jeolla Province | |
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1969–2000 | Old flag of South Jeolla Province | |
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1969–2009 | Old flag of Jeju Province | |
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1949–2019 | Old flag of North Pyeongan Province, claimed by South Korea |
Historical flags of other cities
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 관보 [Official Gazette]. Government of the Republic of Korea. 15 October 1949. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "National Administration : National Symbols of the Republic of Korea : The National Flag – Taegeukgi". Ministry of the Interior and Safety. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ Tertitskiy 2016, p. 276.
Works cited
[edit]- 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.