Military Flags (North Korea)

The flag of the KPA appears to be a variant on the North Korean national flag. The blue of the national flag is black, and the red star is surrounded by a gold circle and with golden leaves beneath it. In the canton of the red part of the flag are the numbers "4.25" in gold, probably for 25 April, the anniversary of the founding of the KPA. There is Hangul (Korean) writing in gold in both the upper and lower black portions of the flag.
Randy Young, 9 February 2005

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Two panicles of rice, that is.

The writings seem to vary among different flags.
Miles Li, 11 February 2005

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The obverse shows (instead of the party emblem) a red star on a white disc, surrounded by a golden wreath of rice, with two additional golden panicles of rice underneath. At the canton (within the red part of the army colour) there is the date "4.25" in yellow; Hangul letters at the top and at the bottom of both sides (in yellow except for those at the top of the naval colour, which are blue). All the colours have yellow fringes, cords and tassels, and are borne on red flagpoles with brass spearhead finials.
Miles Li, 15 February 2005

Divided horizontally, the top half is red with a symbol in the middle (more on that in a sec), and the bottom half is made up of four blue and three white stripes, with the white stripes being roughly half the height of the blue. The symbol in the center of the red portion shows a red star over a blue wavy ocean, with 10 or 11 yellow rays emanating from the water upward and outward toward the edge of the circle behind the star. This scene is within a red circle, which is within a white circle, within a blue circle, similar to the KPAAF roundel.
Randy Young, 9 February 2005

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Note that the blue at the bottom is as wide as the blue at the bottom of the national flag; the two blue and two white stripes are as wide as the white stripes on the national flag.
Miles Li, 11 February 2005

Just like with the KPAN and KPA flags, representing the air force service. This flag is all light blue, but with the same star symbol in the same location, the same gold Hangul inscriptions along the top and bottom edges of the flag, and the same "4.25" in gold in roughly the same location as the other two flags.
Randy Young, 9 February 2005

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Actually there are three sky blue and three dark blue stripes near the bottom of the flag, so that the dark blue at the bottom of the flag is as wide as the dark blue at the bottom of the national flag; the three sky blue and three dark blue stripes are as wide as the white stripes on the national flag.
Miles Li, 11 February 2005