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Flag Date Use Description National Flag of North Korea 1946–1948 Flag of the Provisional People's Committee for North Korea: A white rectangular background, a red and blue Taeguk in the center that symbolizes harmony, and four black trigrams, on each corner of the flag. 1948–1992 Flag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Present national flags of North and South Korea 1948–present Flag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Ramhongsaek Konghwagukki) Red field with a blue bar on the top and bottom and a star in the center known as the red flag. Current, post-1992 version shown. 1948–present Flag of the Republic of Korea (Taegeukgi)
A ceremony was held on 10 July 1948 to take down the taegukgi and install the new flag in the meeting place, but the new flag's adoption was not official until the passing of North Korea's first constitution by the Supreme People's Assembly on 8 September.
The flag of North Korea was designed in 1948 and adopted the same year to replace Taegukgi, the traditional flag. The Taeguk symbol thus only remained in the flag and emblem of the South. [ 3 ]
Other events in 1948 Years in North Korea Timeline of Korean history 1948 in South Korea:
17 September. North Korea (DPRK) and South Korea (ROK) join the United Nations (UN). 26 December. The end of the Cold War as the Soviet Union collapses and North Korea loses military and economic aid. 1992 11 August. South Korea's first satellite, KITSAT-1, a.k.a. 우리별 (Uri Byol) is successfully launched from Guiana Space Centre. 24 August.
The Order of the National Flag (Korean: 국기훈장; MR: Kukki Hunjang) is the second highest order of North Korea, after the Order of Kim Il Sung and the Order of Kim Jong Il. It is the oldest order in the country, having been established in 1948, just six weeks after the North Korean state was founded .
In the late 1940s, the northern half of Korea produced most of the electricity in the country. [5] [7] The dam symbolises self-sufficiency in electricity; in the spring of 1948, shortly before the hydroelectric plant was added to the emblem, North Korea cut off its power network from the South. [5]