Flag of South Korea
The flag of South Korea, adopted in 1948 and flown in a 2:3 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Capital | Seoul |
| Proportions | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1948 |
| Emoji | 🇰🇷 |
| Code | KR · KOR |
Colours of the flag of South Korea
The flag of South Korea uses 4 colours: white, black, red, blue. The swatches below are sampled from the flag artwork itself, so they are the exact values used in the file rather than an approximation.
About the flag of South Korea
The flag of South Korea — officially Republic of Korea — is flown in a 2:3 ratio. South Korea sits in Asia, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1948. South Korea has its capital at Seoul and a population of about 51.7 million, figures that come from the same dataset the quizzes are built on.
As an emoji the flag is 🇰🇷, produced from the regional indicator letters for KR. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on South Korea
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