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# South Korean-assigned Provincial Flags (North Korea)

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Last modified: 2026-05-09 by ian macdonald
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- Pyonganbuk
- Pyongannam
- Hamgyeongbuk
- Hamgyeongnam
- Hwanghae
- Sinheung County

See also:

- North Korea
- South Korea
- Flag of the Committee for the Five Provinces in the North [South Korea]

At a private website on the Republic of Korea, flags and symbols is a map of both Koreas showing the current subdivisions of South Korea and the pre-war subdivisions of North Korea (or so it seems), plus flags to go with them.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 06 April 2006

These flags seem to ultimately come from the website of a South Korean (ROK) governmental institution or organisation. My guess would be that even the ROK never intended these as flags to be used by the provinces (in a future reunified Korea), but that they are simply "domino" banners, used by ROK-endorsed associations for ROK citizens who originally come from the respective North Korean provinces. If they were Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) flags, they would not use Chinese characters and would probably include DPRK symbols.
name withheld by request, 16 November 2008

I have images in the FOTW standard size, that were publised in Flag Report 30, on 01 April 2004.
Jaume Ollé, 01 March 2014

## Pyonganbuk (P'yônganbuk) - North Pyongan

image located by Daniel Rentería, 11 April 2026

According to http://5donews.co.kr/index.php
The newer provincial flag uses the template of the Korean Government Flag. Governor Oh Young-chan, who had taken office the August before, instructed the secretariat to replace the flag. The Regulations on the Management of North Pyongan Province Symbols were promulgated on 25 November 2019; though it wasn't until 26 December that the flag was officially raised.
The flag features, over a white field, the Korean government logo which is the Taegeuk; with the text North Pyongan Province underneath in gray in Korean. The director described the Taeguk: “The new design is composed of a Taegeuk pattern and the words ‘North Pyongan Province.’ The Taegeuk pattern takes a dynamic and open form, signifying identity through the combination of the three colors—blue, red, and white—and the beauty of negative space; blue represents life, red represents dynamism, and white represents light.”

The flag is seen in use at https://arca.live/b/city

Daniel Rentería, 11 April 2026

image by Jaume Ollé, 01 March 2014

image by Art Sedano, 26 February 2014

Dark blue with tiger, wreath and lettering.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 06 April 2006

The http://5donews.co.kr/index.php article mentions the old flag until 2019 featured a design of a tiger wrapped in willow leaves on a blue background, with the characters 'North Pyongan Province' written twice. It was claimed that the motive for changing the flag was because its symbolism was significantly lacking compared to other provinces; with it being mentioned it appeared similar to sports organizations; apparently, the flag's details do not reflect accurate information either.

Daniel Rentería, 11 April 2026

## Pyongannam (P'yôngannam) - South Pyongan

image by Jaume Ollé, 01 March 2014

image by Art Sedano, 26 February 2014

Reddish brown with green triangle on white/golden cogwheel and lettering.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 06 April 2006

## Hamgyeongbuk (Hamgyôngbuk) - North Hamgyeong

image by Jaume Ollé, 01 March 2014

image by Art Sedano, 26 February 2014

Reddish brown with mountain lake, wreath and lettering.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 06 April 2006

## Hamgyeongnam (Hamgyôngnam) - South Hamgyeong

image by Jaume Ollé, 01 March 2014

image by Art Sedano, 26 February 2014

Purple with white stylized chrysantemum and lettering.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 06 April 2006

## Hwanghae

image by Jaume Ollé, 01 March 2014

image by Art Sedano, 26 February 2014

Yellow over blue horizontally, with golden stylized chrysantemum and lettering.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 06 April 2006

## Sinheung County

image located by Daniel Rentería, 11 April 2026

It appears someone on the forum at https://arca.live/b/city/35828169 found a flag for Sinheung County, the one de-jure administered by the ROK. I am honestly not sure which one is the flag; there is one in lighter blue and a more purplish tone, closer to the provincial flag. Either way, they both at least appear to depict the same emblem, which is a flower surrounded by a laurel wreath tied together by a red ribbon. In the flower's center appears to be two characters. At the bottom is a more expanded text.
Daniel Rentería, 11 April 2026