The Flag of North Korea was adopted on September 8, 1948, as the national flag and ensign. The famous red star of Communism can be seen on this flag on a white disk, which may relate to the yin yang symbol, which is a symbol used in Korean culture. Interestingly enough, North Korea had orignally adopted a "taegukki" following independence from the Japanese Empire with a taoist yin-yang symbol similar to South Korea but later revised its flag to more closely reflect that of the USSR. Image File history File links Flag_of_North_Korea. ... Hangul also refers to a word processing application widely used in Korea. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: êµì–´ì˜ ë¡œë§ˆìž í‘œê¸°ë²•; åœ‹èªžì˜ ë¡œë§ˆå— è¡¨è¨˜æ³•) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings (a form of jargon). ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... Taoists Taijitu The concept of Yin Yang originates in ancient Chinese philosophy, most likely from the observations of day turning into night and night into day. ... Taeguk (Hangeul: 태극, Hanja: 太極) is the Korean pronunciation of Taiji, a Chinese principle associated with Taoism that refers to the co-existent union of yin and yang, from which all is actualized. ...
The colour red represents revolutionary patriotism. The blue stripes connote "The aspiration of the Korean people to unite with the revolutionary people of the whole world and fight for the victory of the idea of independence, friendship and peace."
A 300-pound (136 kg) North Korean national flag flies from the world's largest flagpole, which is located at Gijeong-dong, on the North Korean side of the Military Demarcation Line within the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Gijeong-dong (Peace Village) sometimes romanized as Kichong-dong; is a village in North Korea (known in South Korea as Propaganda village), and is situated 1 mile from the South Korean village of Daeseong-dong (which is the only inhabited village in the southern side of the Korean Demilitarized Zone). ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Map of the Korean DMZ. The DMZ is given in red. ...
The flag of South Korea has three parts: a white background; a red and blue taeguk in the center; and four trigrams, one in each corner of the flag. ...
The flag created in 1948 consists of three stripes - blue, red, blue - separated from each other by two narrow white lines, the proportions being 6 : 2 : 17 : 2 : 6.
The white disc suggests the yin and yang symbol ("t'aeguk" in Korean) in the flag of the Republic of Korea.
According to the Flag Law of the DPRK(1992), the proportion of the flag is:
NorthKorea's faltering economy and the breakdown of trade relations with the countries of the former socialist bloc--especially following the fall of communism in eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union--have confronted Pyongyang with difficult policy choices.
NorthKorea suffers from chronic food shortages, which were exacerbated by record floods in the summer of 1995 and continued shortages of fertilizer and parts.
NorthKorea's judiciary is "accountable" to the SPA and the president.
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