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The Flag of South Korea

The flag, called "Taegukki," symbolizes the thought, philosophy, and mysticism of the Far East.
The Circle in the center, red upper half and blue lower half, represents absolute, or the essential unity of all being. The Yang (positive) and the Yin (negative) divisions within the circle represent duality. Examples of duality are heaven and hell, fire and water, life and death, good and evil, or night and day

The four trigrams also indicate the duality of opposites and balances.

Heaven

symbolised by three unbroken lines in the upper left trigram

 

 

 

 

Fire

symbolized by two unbroken lines separated by a broken line in the lower left trigram
   

Water

this symbol is two broken lines separated by an unbroken line in the upper right trigram

 

 

 

 

Earth

represented  by three broken lines in the lower right trigram

Symbolic of the nation is the white background (the land), the circle (people), and the four trigrams (the government). All three make up the essential elements of the nation.

Researched by Chris Rowe