Korean Unification Flag

Korean Unification Flag

Infobox Korean name


caption=Flag ratio: 3:5
hangul=통일기 "or" 한반도기
hanja=統一旗 "or" 韓半島旗
rr=Tong-ilgi "or" Hanbandogi
mr=T'ong'ilgi "or" HanbandogiThe Unification Flag is used to represent all of Korea when North and South Korea participate together in sporting events. The flag was first used in 1991 when the two countries competed as a single team in the 41st World Table Tennis Championship in Chiba, Japan and the 6th World Youth Football Championship in Lisbon, Portugal. The two countries' teams marched together under the flag in the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and the 2006 Asian Games in Doha; however, the two countries competed separately in sporting events. The flag was not used in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, due to the decision, made by BOCOG, that the two teams will be entering separately. [ [http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/sports/200807/h2008072903033791910.htm 한국일보 : [니하오! 베이징 한국 176번째, 북한은 177번째 입장 外 ] ]

The flag represents North and South Korea. The background is white. In the centre there is a blue silhouette of the Korean peninsula, including the island of Jeju-do to the southwest. Recently however, the two nations both agreed to use the flag which includes the disputed Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo). [http://news.naver.com/news/read.php?mode=LSS2D&office_id=079&article_id=0000120464&section_id=100&section_id2=267&menu_id=100] The flag has no status as the official flag of either country.

ee also

* Chinese Taipei flag
* Proposed flag of Taiwan
* Division of Korea
* Flag of North Korea
* Flag of South Korea
* Korean peninsula
* Korean reunification
* Proposed Reunification flag of Cyprus

Notes

External links

* [http://www.fotw.us/flags/oly@nna.html#kr North & South Korea, Sydney 2000] (page on non-national Olympic flags)
* [http://www.korea-dmz.com/en/k/ki/kki400_en.asp Relationship between South and North Korea in 1990's]
* [http://www.sarago.co.jp/nfhtm/1k.html Explanation and detailed design of the Korean Unification Flag] (Japanese language)
* [http://news.naver.com/news/read.php?mode=LSS2D&office_id=079&article_id=0000120464&section_id=100&section_id2=267&menu_id=100 North, South Agree to Add Dokdo to the Korean Unification Flag] (News in Korean)
* [http://koreanunification.net Korean Unification Studies]


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