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A piece of a cloth of certain dimensions often attached to a mast is called a flag. it is the identification mark of a nation. The Flag of any nation should be duly respected and honored.
The Pakistani flag is a dark green colored cloth that has a white crescent in the middle and a five pointed star. The star and crescent symbolizes Muslim nations. In the flag, the green color represents the Muslim majority. The white color represents the minority. The crescent is the symbol of progress and the five pointed star is the symbol of knowledge and light. It was designed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. This flag was adopted in the year 1947, on 11th august.
The South Korean flag is developed from the taijitu and has three parts. It has a blue and red taegeuk in centre with a white background. Along with this, it has four trigrams one on each corner. The white color signifies purity and cleanliness of Koreans. Taegeuk is the symbol of evolution world. It holds two aspects namely yin and yang. Yin means negative aspects and yang means positive aspects. Ying Is in blue color and red is yang. Together, both the colors represent the continuity of life.The four trigrams represent the 5 basic elements namely, water, fire, earth ,metal and wood.
The North Korean flag has a red background on which there are blue horizontal stripse on top and at the bottom. Between these blue stripes are thin white stripes. These blue and white stripes represent sovereignty, friendship,peace and purity respectively. Towards the left of the flag, there is a white circle which has a red colored five pointed star in the middle. The red is the symbol of activist patriotism and socialism. Here also, the white symbolize yin and yang. This was also the common flag of both the parts of Korea when they stood as one nation.
