List of Korean flags

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

FlagDateUseDescription
1991 – present Korean Unification Flag Used to represent the whole of Korea when North and South participate together in international sporting events.

National

FlagDateUseDescription
Present National Flags of South and North Korea
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
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
Historical versions
1800 The personal standard of the king of the Joseon dynasty
1856 Flag of the Joseon dynasty
1876 The personal standard of the king of Korea
1882–1910 Flag of the Korean Empire


The middle version is depicted in the 1882 U.S. Navy book, Flags of Maritime Nations. Lowerst 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.

National Government (South Korea)

FlagDateUseDescription
Presidential Standard
1967 – present Presidential Standard Two Phoenix taking golden Hibiscus syriacus under their wings.
Standard of the Prime Minister
1988 – present Standard of the Prime Minister Golden Hibiscus syriacus inlaid in symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia
Flag of the National Government
1988 – present Flag of the National Government Symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, inlaid with the word 정부, or the National Government.

Military

FlagDateUseDescription
North Korea
? - present Flag of the People's Army
? - present Flag of the People's Navy
? - present Flag of the People's Air Force
South Korea
? - present Flag of the Ministry of National Defense Insignia of the Ministry on red field.
? - present Flag of the Army Insignia of the Army on a field parted per fess, above is white, below is blue.
1955 – present Naval ensign and jack Taegeuk on crossed anchors, in a white canton on a blue field.
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.
Joseon
War flag

See also

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