List of Korean flags
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This is a list of flags used by the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as well as flags used by the Joseon Dynasty and Korean Empire.
Korean Peninsula flag
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1991 – present | Korean Unification Flag | Used to represent the whole of Korea when North and South participate together in international sporting events. |
National
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1948–present | Flag 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 |
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1948–present | Flag 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 |
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1800 | The personal standard of the king of the Joseon dynasty | |
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1856 | Flag of the Joseon dynasty | |
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1876 | The personal standard of the king of Korea | |
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1882–1910 | Flag of the Korean Empire
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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. |
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National Government (South Korea)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1967 – present | Presidential Standard | Two Phoenix taking golden Hibiscus syriacus under their wings. |
| Standard of the Prime Minister | |||
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1988 – present | Standard of the Prime Minister | Golden Hibiscus syriacus inlaid in symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia |
| Flag of the National Government | |||
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1988 – present | Flag of the National Government | Symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, inlaid with the word 정부, or the National Government. |
Military
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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? - present | Flag of the People's Army | |
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? - present | Flag of the People's Navy | |
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? - present | Flag of the People's Air Force | |
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| ? - present | Flag of the Ministry of National Defense | Insignia of the Ministry on red field. | |
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? - present | Flag of the Army | Insignia of the Army on a field parted per fess, above is white, below is blue. |
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1955 – present | Naval ensign and jack | Taegeuk on crossed anchors, in a white canton on a blue field. |
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1951 – present | Flag 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. |
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War flag | ||
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