Flag of South Korea

The flag of South Korea is also known as Taeguki/ Taegeukgi (태극기). This flag has four colors - .Red, white, blue and black.The height and width of the flag are in the ratio of 3:2.

Its base color is white. This color is very common in Korean culture because it represents the peace and purity. Taegeuk in the center  represents the balance in the universe. Red color represents the positive cosmic force and the blue half represents the negative cosmic force.

 The trigrams (괘) on four sides of Taegeuk represents the classic elements.

 The History Of The Flag

Surprisingly, Korea didn't had any concept of flag till 1876 and as a country the did not see any necessity of having one.

During the Japan-Korea treaty in 1876, Japan had its own official flag as a symbol but Korea didn't had any. Even after that treaty Korea didn't put much focus on creating a flag. Until there were many treaties with other nations.

Then in 1882 the Korean politician of Joseon Dynasty, Pak Yung-hio (박영혀) created the first version of Korean national flag. He became the first person to use the Taegukgi in the Empire Of Japan, in1882.

 Next year, in January, the Joseon government declared the Taegukgi as the national flag of Korea.

In 1945, South Korea became a democratic republic. Then on 15th October in 1949 the current flag was declared as the national flag of South Korea. 

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In 2004, The name of the South Korean flag (Tae guk gi) was used as the title of a film which was based on Korean War, Taegukgi: Hwinallimyeo (Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of war / 태극기 휘날려).

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