Flag of North Korea

Korean alphabet :	인공기
Hanja :	人共旗
Revised Romanization :	Ingonggi
McCune-Reischauer :	In'gonggi

Ingonggi (인공기)
	; ;
Vexillological symbol :	?
Aspect ratio:	1: 2
Officially accepted:	September 8, 1948

The flag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was adopted on September 8, 1948.

A flag law was published on October 22, 1992. It consists of several parts which, among other things, define the use of the flag.

Description and meaning

The red star of communism is depicted in front of a white disk, which may indicate the ancient Korean symbol of yin and yang .

The color red represents revolutionary patriotism. The blue stripes at the top and bottom mean "The expectation of the Korean people to unite with revolutionaries around the world and fight for the idea of independence, friendship and peace."

The width ratio of the color strips to each other is 6: 1: 22: 1: 6 = 36 height units. The length of the flag is double its height.

The center of the white disc is shifted in a ratio of 1: 2 towards the flagpole, its radius is 8 height units.

The distance between the five points of the red star and the edge of the white disk is a quarter of a height unit.

Surname

The name of the flag ( In'gonggi = "VR flag") is probably an abbreviation of the term "national flag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (Chosŏn minjujuŭi in min kong hwaguk kuk ki = 조선 민주주의 인 민 공 화국 국 기 ).

More flags

Vertical hanging of the flag

Between the end of World War II and the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948, there was the flag of the Provisional People's Committee. The People's Army, Armed Forces and Navy of North Korea each have their own flags, as does the Party of Labor of Korea and Commander-in-Chief Kim Jong-un .

Flag of the People's Republic of Korea , a Provisional Government from 1945 to 1946
Flag of the Provisional People's Committee (1946–1948)
^?Flag of the People's Army (front)
^?Naval flag (front)
Flag of the Labor Party of Korea

Others

Flagpole with the North Korean flag in the Peace Village

A 270 kg (136 kg according to another source) national flag of North Korea flies from what is currently the fourth-highest flagpole in the world, at 160 m , in Kijŏng-dong on the North Korean side of the demarcation line in the Korean demilitarized zone .

Web links

Commons : Flags of North Korea - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Flags of the World - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (English)