This is a list of flags used in South Korea, from 1945 to the present.
National flags
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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. |
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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] |
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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. |
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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
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1967–present | Presidential Standard | Two phoenixes taking golden Hibiscus syriacus under their wings |
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1988–present | Standard of the prime minister | Golden Hibiscus syriacus inlaid in 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 words 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 | |
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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") |
Military flags
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Insignia of the armed forces on a red field. |
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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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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. |
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1968–present | Flag of the Republic of Korea Reserve Forces |
Political flags
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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![]() | 2020–present | Minsaeng Party | |
![]() | 2020–present | Women's Party | |
![]() | ?–present | Justice Party | |
![]() | ?–present | People Power Party | |
![]() | 2015–present | New National Participation Party | |
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![]() | 2018–2020 | Bareunmirae Party | |
![]() | 2017–2020 | Liberty Korea Party | |
![]() | 2016–2022 | Socialist Revolutionary Workers' Party | |
![]() | 2016–2018 | Bareun Party | |
![]() | 1995–2006 | United Liberal Democrats | |
![]() | 1992–1994 | Unification National Party | |
![]() | 1995–1997 | New Korea Party | |
![]() | 1987–1990 | Reunification Democratic Party | |
![]() | 1981–1990 | Democratic Justice Party | |
![]() | 1981–1988 | Democratic Korea Party | |
![]() | 1976–1979 | South Korean National Liberation Front Preparation Committee | Modelled the flag of North Korea and the flag of Viet Cong[2] |
![]() | 1984–1988 1967–1969 | New Korean Democratic Party and New Democratic Party | |
![]() | 1949–1950s | Flag of Ilminism | |
![]() | 1946–1959 | Northwest Youth League | |
Link to file | 1946–1949 | Korean National Youth Association | |
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Flags of subdivisions
Provincial-level division flags
Flags of other cities
Historical flags
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1946–1996 | Old flag of Seoul | The circle in the center of the emblem represents a street 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 | |
Historical flags of other cities
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.
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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 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Ministry of Education Notice No. 2". Official Gazette. 15 October 1949. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ↑ Tertitskiy 2016, p. 276.
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.
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