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Flag of South Korea: Taegukgi

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Hangul: 태극기 (Taegeukgi). Hanja: 太極旗 (T’aegŭkki)

Description of Official Flag of South Korea

Description of the Offical Flag of South Korea

Three elements:

A white background. A red and blue yin-yang symbol in the center. A different black trigram from the ancient Chinese I Ching (Book of Changes) in each corner of the white field.

The Taegeukgi was declared the official flag of Korea by King Gojong on March 6, 1883.