File:Flag of North Korea.svg

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

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
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 for symbols or emblems related to North Korea)
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (article 436-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine)

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

العربية ∙ беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ Esperanto ∙ español ∙ euskara ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ Gàidhlig ∙ galego ∙ हिन्दी ∙ magyar ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ қазақша ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

Other versions

Alternative colours tone version.

See also categories: Flags of North Korea and SVG flags of North Korea.

Current flags
State flag: 10 July 1948 (introduced); 8 September 1948 (official); 1992 (standardized).
Vertical display
Construction sheet (type 1)
Construction sheet (type 2)

Historical flags
State flag (1948-1992)

SVG development

The SVG code is valid.

This flag was created with Inkscape, and then manually edited

.

Source code

SVG code

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="1200" height="600" viewBox="0 0 72 36">
<path fill="#034da2" d="M0 0H72V36H0Z"/>
<path fill="#fff" d="M0 6H72V30H0Z"/>
<path fill="#ec1d25" d="M0 7H72V29H0Z"/>
<circle fill="#fff" cx="24" cy="18" r="8"/>
<path fill="#ec1d25" d="m24 10.25 4.555336 14.019882-11.926024-8.664764 14.741376 0-11.926024 8.664764z"/>
</svg>

Used colors

red	rendered as `RGB 236 029 037`
white	rendered as `RGB 255 255 255`
blue	rendered as `RGB 003 077 162`

Colours scheme

The colors approximation is listed below:

Scheme	Blue	Red	White
RGB	`3,77,162`	`236,29,37`	`255,255,255`
Hexadecimal	`#034DA2`	`#EC1D25`	`#FFFFFF`
CMYK	`63,34,0,37`	`0,81,78,8`	`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 ∙ español ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 日本語 ∙ slovenščina ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ 조선말 ∙ 한국어 ∙ +/−

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.

This image of a flag is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship. For more information, see Commons:Threshold of originality § Logos and flags.

Flag

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
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 for symbols or emblems related to North Korea)
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (article 436-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine)

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

العربية ∙ беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ Esperanto ∙ español ∙ euskara ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ Gàidhlig ∙ galego ∙ हिन्दी ∙ magyar ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ қазақша ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

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File:Flag of North Korea.svg

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