Korean Unification Flag

Korean Unification
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Korean Unification Flag
Hangul 통일기 or 한반도기
Hanja 統一旗 or 韓半島旗
Revised Romanization Tong(-)ilgi or Hanbandogi
McCune–Reischauer T'ong'ilgi or Hanbandogi

The Unification Flag is a flag designed to represent all of Korea when North and South Korea participate as one team in sporting events. The flag represents a united Korea (both North and South). The background is white. In the center there is a blue silhouette of the Korean peninsula, including Jeju Island to the southwest and Ulleungdo and the Liancourt Rocks to the east, added in 2006.[1] The flag has no status as an official flag in either country.

Use in field of sport

The flag was first used in 1991 when the two countries competed as a single team in the 41st World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan and the 8th World Youth Football Championship in Lisbon, Portugal. The two countries' teams marched together under the flag in the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia; the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea; the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu, South Korea;[2] the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece; the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy; and the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar; however, the two countries competed separately in sporting events. The flag was not used in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Not only was a unified team shelved, even Beijing Olympics Organization Committee (BOCOG)'s plan to make the two Korean teams turn up back to back during the opening ceremony was rejected due to opposition by the North Korean delegation at the last moment.[3] The two countries also marched separately at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. North Korea did not participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. At the opening ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the two teams marched separately, continuing the uninterrupted tradition since the 2008 Olympics.

Use in other contexts

Other occasions on which the flag were used include the following:

See also

References

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