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Above chinese character of this flag made by Quing Dynaty. not permitted by Korea. also, can not represent to Korean flag also, Uncopyrighted image. -- 10:46, 16 August 2007 User:Leavepower

This can be one of the important materials of the history in East Asia. --Eurodollers 05:05, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

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Old designs of Korean flags. These are old versions of the flag of Korea. The image was taken from Chosun Ilbo(朝鮮日報) web site. The very oldest surviving depiction of the Korean flag comes from Flags of Maritime Nations (Navy Department of the U.S, July 1882), not shown here, but seen in Image:Taegukgi.jpg .

Originally uploaded to English Wikipedia by Mochi.


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