DPRK North Korea Connection: 2011

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Friday, 9 September 2011

Flag of North Korea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Flag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea


Name	람홍색공화국기(발) Hanja: 藍紅色共和國旗(발) MR: ramhongsaek konghwagukki([t?]pal) RR: ramhongsaek gonghwagukgi([t?]bal) 홍람오각별기 Hanja: 紅藍五角 별旗 MR: hongramogakpyŏlgi RR: hongramogakbyeolgi 인공기 Hanja: 人共旗 MR: in'gonggi RR: in-gonggi
Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	8 September 1948

The flag of North Korea was adopted on September 8, 1948,^[1] as the national flag and ensign. The red star of Communism can be seen on this flag on a white disc. The flag was adopted in 1948, when Northern portion of Korea became a Communist state. The traditional Korean flag was red, white, and blue. The country retained these colors (with more prominence given to the red) and added a red star on a white disk. The disk recalls the taegeuk found on the flag of South Korea, and represents the opposing principles of nature. The red stripe expresses revolutionary traditions; the red star is for Communism. The two blue stripes stand for sovereignty, peace and friendship. The white stripes symbolize purity.
A 600-lb (270 kg) North Korean national flag flies from the world's second largest flagpole, which is located at Kijŏng-dong, on the North Korean side of the Military Demarcation Line within the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The flag-pole is 160m tall.
There are few other known flags in use. There is a flag for the Korean People's Army, as well as its two subdivisions the Korean Peoples' Air Force and Korean Peoples' Navy, which follow a common design but with different colors (blue and white for the Navy and dark blue and light blue for the Air Force). There is also a flag of the ruling Worker's Party of Korea, modeled after similar communist party flags, and a flag for the Supreme Commander of the KPA used by Kim Jong-il, and has the Supreme Commander's Arms on a red field.

Gallery

Flag of the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea (February 1946-July 1948)
Personal Flag of Kim Jong-il as Supreme Commander
Flag of the Workers' Party of Korea
Korean People's Army
Korean People's Navy
Korean People's Air Force
Unification Flag of North and South Korea
Arirang Mass Games
The world's third tallest flagpole flying a 270 kg (595 lb) Flag of North Korea. It's 160 m (525 ft) in height, over Kijŏng-dong ("Peace village"), near Panmunjom in Korean Demilitarized Zone.