List of Korean flags

This is a list of flags used by the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as well as flags used by the Joseon Dynasty and Korean Empire.

Unification flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991 – present	Korean Unification Flag	Used to represent the whole of Korea when North and South participate together in international sporting events.

National

Main article: Flag of South Korea

Main article: Flag of North Korea

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Present National Flags of South and North Korea
	1948–present	Flag of the Republic of Korea (Taegeukgi)	White field with a red and blue taegeuk in the center and four black trigrams, one in each corner of the flag
	1948–present	Flag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Red field with a blue bar on the top and bottom and a star in the center
Historical version
	1882–1910	Flag of Korean Empire (Joseon Dynasty) The middle version is depicted in the 1882 U.S. Navy book, Flags of Maritime Nations. Lower is in the 1944 United States postage stamp series.	The old Korean imperial flag had a different taegeuk from that in the modern flag. Note that the 1882 U.S. Navy depiction may be left-right reversed. The arrangement of the trigrams was not officially fixed until an ordinance of 1948, when the South Korean government was established.
	1800	The flag of the king of the Joseon Dynasty

National Government (South Korea)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Presidential Standard
	1967 – present	Presidential Standard	Two Phoenix taking golden Hibiscus syriacus under their wings.
Standard of the Prime Minister
	1988 – present	Standard of the Prime Minister	Golden Hibiscus syriacus inlaid in symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia
Flag of the National Government
	1988 – present	Flag of the National Government	Symbolic Hibiscus syriacus insignia, inlaid with the word 정부, or the National Government.

Military

Flag	Date	Use	Description
North Korea
	? - present	Flag of the Korean People's Army
	? - present	Flag of the Korean People's Navy
	? - present	Flag of the Korean People's Air Force
South Korea
	? - present	Flag of the Ministry of National Defense	Insignia of the Ministry on red field.
	? - present	Flag of the Army	Insignia of the Army on a field parted per fess, above is white, below is blue.
	1955 – present	Naval ensign and jack	Taegeuk on crossed anchors, in a white canton on a blue field.
	1951 – present	Flag of the Marine Corps	The similarity with the flag of the USMC shows the strong influence of the US since the creation of South Korean armed forces.