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조선말: 조선민주주의인민공화국의 국기

Aragonés: Bandera de Corea d'o Norte

العربية: علم كوريا الشمالية

Български: Национално знаме на Северна Корея

বাংলা: উত্তর কোরিয়ার জাতীয় পতাকা

বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী: ঔয়াং কোরিয়ার ফিরালহান

བོད་ཡིག: བྱང་ཀོ་རི་ཡ། དར་ཆ།

Bosanski: Zastava Sjeverne Koreje

Català: Bandera de Corea del Nord

Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國國旗

Čeština: Severokorejská vlajka

Dansk: Nordkoreas flag

Deutsch: Flagge Nordkoreas

Ελληνικά: Σημαία της Βόρειας Κορέας

Esperanto: Flago de Nord-Koreio

English: Flag of North Korea

Español: Bandera de Corea del Norte

Eesti: Põhja-Korea lipp

Euskara: Ipar Koreako bandera

Suomi: Pohjois-Korean lippu

Français : Drapeau de la Corée du Nord

贛語: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國國旗

Galego: Bandeira de Corea do Norte

עברית: דגל קוריאה הצפונית

Hrvatski: Zastava Sjeverne Koreje

Magyar: Észak-Korea zászlaja

Bahasa Indonesia: Bendera Korea Utara

Italiano: Bandiera della Corea del Nord

日本語: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国の国旗

Қазақша: Koreya Xalıqtıq Demokratiyalıq Respublikasınıñ Memlekettik bayrağı / Корея Халықтық Демократиялық Республикасының Мемлекеттік байрағы

Lietuvių: Šiaurės Korėjos vėliava

文言: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國之國旗

Монгол: Хойд Солонгос төрийн далбаа

Bahasa Melayu: Bendera Korea Utara

Bân-lâm-gú: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國的國旗 / Tiâu-sián Bîn-chú-chú-gī Jîn-bîn Kiōng-hô-kok ê kok-kî-á

Plattdüütsch: Flagg vun Noordkorea

Nederlands: Vlag van Noord-Korea

Norsk bokmål: Nord-Koreas flagg

Polski: Flaga Korei Północnej

Português: Bandeira da Coreia do Norte

Română: Steagul Coreei de Nord

Русский: Флаг Корейской Народно-Демократической Республики

Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Zastava Sjeverne Koreje

Slovenčina: Vlajka Kórejskej ľudovodemokratickej republiky

Српски / srpski: Застава Северне Кореје / Zastava Severne Koreje

Svenska: Nordkoreas flagga

ไทย: ธงชาติเกาหลีเหนือ

Татарча/tatarça: Koreya Xalık Demokratik Cömhüriyateneñ Däwlät bayrağı

ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche: شىمالىي چاۋشيەن دۆلەت بايرىقى

Українська: Прапор Північної Кореї

Oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча: Koreya Xalq Demokratik Respublikasining Davlat bayrogʻi

Tiếng Việt: 國旗共和民主人民朝鮮 / Quốc kỳ Cộng hòa Dân chủ Nhân dân Triều Tiên

吴语: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國國旗

粵語: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國國旗

中文（简体）: 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国国旗

中文（繁體）: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國國旗

Date 10 July 1948 (introduced); 8 September 1948 (official); 1992 (standardized).

Source Own work based on: Flag of North Korea.png by SKopp

Author !Original: SKoppVector: Zscout370

Permission
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This work was first published in North Korea and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Copyright Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, enacted 2001, amended 2006 (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:

It is a work of an institution, enterprise or organization, and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication
It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
It is a "work whose publication, issuance, performance, broadcasting, show and exhibition is prohibited" in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
It is ineligible for copyright protection because it is a "document for state management" without a commercial purpose

English ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 조선말 ∙ 한국어 ∙ 日本語 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

Legal disclaimer
This image contains a symbol prohibited by law in some nations, owing to it being a representation of communism, socialism, or a similar governmental structure; or of an associated political party/organization:

Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
Hungary: Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code, Section 335
Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly: UU No. 27/1999
Latvia's Saeima: Amendments to the Law on the Safety of Public Entertainment and Festivity Events (OP 2013/129.4). Ban only applies at public events.
Lithuania's Constitutional Court confirms Article 188¹⁸ of the Code of Administrative Offences. Collection, antiquarian trade and educational activities are exempt from the ban.
South Korea's National Security Act (prohibited only for symbols or emblems related to North Korea)
Republic of China in Taiwan's National Security Act (bans mainly affect flags of the People's Republic of China and symbols reflect the Chinese Communist Party)
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (article 436-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine)

Bans no longer in effect include:

Moldova: LPC192/2012^ro,ru
Poland: Art. 256 of the Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553 of the criminal code has removed references to imagery and now only covers promotion of communist ideas
United States: had state and city laws; Supreme Court declared these unconstitutional in Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359 (1931)

Imagery covered may include the hammer and sickle^en, red star, emblems/insignias, flags or images of leaders.

Other versions

Alternative colours tone version.

Current flags
State flag: 10 July 1948 (introduced); 8 September 1948 (official); 1992 (standardized).
Vertical display
Construction sheet

Historical flags
State flag (1948-1992)

SVG development The SVG code is valid. This flag was created with a text editor.

Used colors

red	rendered as `RGB 237 028 039`
white	rendered as `RGB 255 255 255`
blue	rendered as `RGB 002 079 162`

Colours scheme

The video colors approximation is listed below:

	Blue	Red	White
RGB	`2/79/162`	`237/28/39`	`255/255/255`
Hexadecimal	`#024FA2`	`#ED1C27`	`#FFFFFF`
CMYK	`99/51/0/36`	`0/88/84/7`	`0/0/0/0`

Licensing

This work was first published in North Korea and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Copyright Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, enacted 2001, amended 2006 (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:

It is a work of an institution, enterprise or organization, and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication
It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
It is a "work whose publication, issuance, performance, broadcasting, show and exhibition is prohibited" in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
It is ineligible for copyright protection because it is a "document for state management" without a commercial purpose

English ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 조선말 ∙ 한국어 ∙ 日本語 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

Legal disclaimer
This image contains a symbol prohibited by law in some nations, owing to it being a representation of communism, socialism, or a similar governmental structure; or of an associated political party/organization:

Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
Hungary: Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code, Section 335
Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly: UU No. 27/1999
Latvia's Saeima: Amendments to the Law on the Safety of Public Entertainment and Festivity Events (OP 2013/129.4). Ban only applies at public events.
Lithuania's Constitutional Court confirms Article 188¹⁸ of the Code of Administrative Offences. Collection, antiquarian trade and educational activities are exempt from the ban.
South Korea's National Security Act (prohibited only for symbols or emblems related to North Korea)
Republic of China in Taiwan's National Security Act (bans mainly affect flags of the People's Republic of China and symbols reflect the Chinese Communist Party)
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (article 436-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine)

Bans no longer in effect include:

Moldova: LPC192/2012^ro,ru
Poland: Art. 256 of the Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553 of the criminal code has removed references to imagery and now only covers promotion of communist ideas
United States: had state and city laws; Supreme Court declared these unconstitutional in Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359 (1931)

Imagery covered may include the hammer and sickle^en, red star, emblems/insignias, flags or images of leaders.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:10, 24 October 2011	1,600 × 800 (873 bytes)	Zscout370	typo
	00:24, 1 May 2011	1,600 × 800 (873 bytes)	Zscout370	from talk page
	04:14, 17 January 2011	1,440 × 720 (2 KB)	Fry1989	Yes, but a majority of them show it like this, and until you find sources, pics are all wehave and that's better then nothing at all.Back to the star and red section are same red
	04:13, 17 January 2011	1,600 × 800 (873 bytes)	Zscout370	The official DPRK specs do not give anything about colors to my knowledge (or that could be found) but I think we need actual links instead of "based on photos" because we seen lighter colors before.
	03:33, 17 January 2011	1,440 × 720 (2 KB)	Fry1989	slightly lighter blue and red
	03:30, 17 January 2011	1,440 × 720 (2 KB)	Fry1989	Reverted to version as of 22:20, 2 July 2010 based on pics, till you have a source
	06:07, 12 July 2010	1,600 × 800 (873 bytes)	Zscout370	http://ifes.kyungnam.ac.kr/admin/upload_File/document/%EC%A1%B0%EC%84%A0%EB%AF%BC%EC%A3%BC%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98%EC%9D%B8%EB%AF%BC%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EA%B5%AD%20%EA%B5%AD%EA%B8%B0%EB%B2%95.doc is the construction law (text only, trying to get paper form with t
	22:20, 2 July 2010	1,440 × 720 (2 KB)	Fry1989	final red from Worker's Party flag
	22:18, 2 July 2010	1,440 × 720 (2 KB)	Fry1989	blue
	22:15, 2 July 2010	1,440 × 720 (2 KB)	Fry1989	new colours based of images from Air Koryo