List_of_South_Korean_flags Knowpia

This is a list of flags used in South Korea, from 1945 to the present.

National flags edit

Date	Use	Description
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.
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 designed by the Ministry of Education and Culture in October 1949. The exact colors were not specified.^[1]
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.
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.
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 edit

Date	Use	Description
1967–present	Presidential Standard	Two phoenixes taking golden Hibiscus syriacus under their wings
1988–present	Standard of the prime minister	Golden Hibiscus syriacus inlaid in symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia
1949 (original) – 1988 (design update) – March 2016	Flag of the national government	Symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, inlaid with the words 정부 ("Government").
March 2016 – present	Flag of the national government	Symbolic Taeguk insignia, with wordmark in Korean 대한민국정부 ("Government of the Republic of Korea").
2005–present	Flag of the South Korean national police agency
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 edit

Date	Use	Description
1948–present	Flag of the Armed Forces	Insignia of the armed forces on a red field.
?–present	Flag of the Minister of National Defense
?–present	Flag of the Vice Minister of National Defense
?–present	Flag of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1946–present	Flag of the Army	Insignia of the army on a field parted per fess; above is white, below is blue.
?–present	Flag of the Chief of Staff of the Army
?–present	Flag of the Daejang
?–present	Flag of the Jungjang
?–present	Flag of the Sojang
?–present	Flag of the Junjang
1955–present	Naval ensign, navy flag, and naval jack	Taegeuk on crossed anchors in a white canton on a blue field
?–present	Flag of the Chief of Naval Operations
?–present	Flag of the Daejang
?–present	Flag of the Jungjang
?–present	Flag of the Sojang
?–present	Flag of the Junjang
1952–present	Flag of the Marine Corps	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.
?–present	Flag of the Commandant of the Marine Corps
?–present	Flag of the Jungjang
?–present	Flag of the Sojang
?–present	Flag of the Junjang
1952–present	Flag of the Air Force	It is also used as the flag of the Air Force
?–present	Flag of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force
?–present	Flag of the Daejang
?–present	Flag of the Jungjang
?–present	Flag of the Sojang
?–present	Flag of the Junjang
1968–present	Flag of the Republic of Korea Reserve Forces

Political flags edit

Flag	Date	Party	Description
Current
	2020–present	Minsaeng Party
	2020–present	Women's Party
	?–present	Justice Party
	?–present	People Power Party
	2015–present	New National Participation Party
Former
	2019–2020	New Conservative Party
	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
	1985–1988	New Korean 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]
	1967–1980	New Democratic Party
	1949–1950s	Flag of Ilminism
	1946–1959	Northwest Youth League
Link to file	1946–1949	Korean National Youth Association
	1946–1949	Workers' Party of South Korea

Flags of subdivisions edit

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991–2014	Flag of municipal council flags
	2014–present	Flag of municipal council flags

Provincial-level division flags edit

Date	Name	Geocode	Description
1996–present	Seoul Special City	KR-11	Flag of Seoul
2012–present	Sejong Special Self-Governing City	KR-50	Flag of Sejong City
2023–present	Busan Metropolitan City	KR-26	Flag of Busan
2001–present	Daegu Metropolitan City	KR-27	Flag of Daegu
1996–present	Incheon Metropolitan City	KR-28	Flag of Incheon
2000–present	Gwangju Metropolitan City	KR-29	Flag of Gwangju
1995–present	Daejeon Metropolitan City	KR-30	Flag of Daejeon
1997–present	Ulsan Metropolitan City	KR-31	Flag of Ulsan
2021–present	Gyeonggi Province	KR-41	Flag of Gyeonggi Province
2023–present	Gangwon State	KR-42	Flag of Gangwon State
2023–present	North Chungcheong Province	KR-43	Flag of North Chungcheong Province
2012–present	South Chungcheong Province	KR-44	Flag of South Chungcheong Province
2024–present	Jeonbuk State	KR-45	Flag of Jeonbuk State
2016–present	South Jeolla Province	KR-46	Flag of South Jeolla Province
1997–present	North Gyeongsang Province	KR-47	Flag of North Gyeongsang Province
1999–present	South Gyeongsang Province	KR-48	Flag of South Gyeongsang Province
2009–present	Jeju Special Self-Governing Province	KR-49	Flag of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province

Flags of other cities edit

Historical flags edit

Date	Use	Description
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.
1962–1995	Old flag of Busan
1995–2023	Old flag of Busan
1977–1996	Old flag of Daegu	The emblem is designed during the Japanese rule.
1996–2001
2001
1972–1995	Old flag of Daejeon	Before upgraded to a municipality in 1989, Daejeon was a city under the South Chungcheong Province's management.
1977–1996	Old flag of Incheon
1986–1988	Old flag of Gwangju
1988–2000	Old flag of Gwangju
1969–1998	Old flag of North Chungcheong Province
1998–2023	Old flag of North Chungcheong Province
1962–1998	Old flag of South Chungcheong Province
1998–2012	Old flag of South Chungcheong Province
1970–1997	Old flag of Gangwon Province
1997–2023	Old flag of Gangwon Province
1967–1996	Old flag of Gyeonggi Province
1996–2006
2006–2021
1966–1997	Old flag of North Gyeongsang Province
1974–1999	Old flag of South Gyeongsang Province
1969–1987	Old flag of North Jeolla Province
1987–1991
1991–1997
1997–2009
2009–2024
1969–2000	Old flag of South Jeolla Province
2000–2016	Old flag of South Jeolla Province
1969–2009	Old flag of Jeju Province

Historical flags of other cities edit

Jeju City (until 2009)
Seogwipo (until 2009)
Suwon (1999–2022)
Yeongcheon (1981-1995)

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.

Name	Geocode	Description
North Hamgyeong Province	- (KP-09)	Flag of North Hamgyeong Province, claimed by South Korea
South Hamgyeong Province	- (KP-08)	Flag of South Hamgyeong Province, claimed by South Korea
Hwanghae Province	- (KP-05 and KP-06)	Flag of Hwanghae Province, claimed by South Korea
North Pyeongan Province	- (KP-03)	Flag of North Pyeongan Province, claimed by South Korea
South Pyeongan Province	- (KP-02)	Flag of South Pyeongan Province, claimed by South Korea

References edit

^ "Ministry of Education Notice No. 2". Official Gazette. 15 October 1949. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ 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.