The South Korean flag is perhaps one of the most distinctive flag designs in the world. Alongside its bold design sits centuries of history and symbolism. The South Korean flag, in one form or another, has been in use as the national flag of Korea since the 1800s under the Choson dynasty...
struggles, and aspirations as it emerged as the world’s newest country after gaining independence from Sudan. The flag consists of three horizontal stripes in black, red, and green, with a blue triangle containing a yellow star in the upper-left corner. The flag is full of symbolism, ...
The central symbolism in the T'aeguk form is that while there is a constant movement of opposites in the universe (day and night, good and evil, masculinity and femininity), there is also balance. The four trigrams at the corners of the flag also express the ideas of opposites and ...
Story:An old man (Jeon Sung-hwan) and a young girl (Han Yeo-reum) live together on a fishing boat on the ocean. Ten years ago, the man took the girl on his boat and promised her to marry her, the day she gets 17. This day is now very close. To make his living, the old ma...
Kim Jong-un has become the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea by crossing the military line that has divided the peninsula since the end of the Korean War in 1953. In a moment rich with symbolism and pomp, South Korean leader Moon Jae-in and Mr Kim shook hands at ...
Life published its first issue on Nov. 23, 1936. Founded byTime publisher Henry Luce, the magazine was a pioneer of photojournalism and famous for its vivid war coverage—particularly of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. It ceasedweekly publication in 1972and in 2000, Time announced that it...
As he seeks to counter North Korean "propaganda" around the Winter Olympics, Pence has filled the days leading up to the games with his own symbolism and rhetoric. Eager to put a reality check on the thaw in relations between the Koreas in advance of the games, Pence met with North Korea...
In 1989, both the symbolism and the concrete came tumbling down when the Berlin Wall fell, as reported in this one-word exclamation headline by the New York Daily News. You may also like: How top Democratic candidates compare on major issues...
National flag consisting of a white field bearing a central red-blue disk and four groups of black bars. The flag has a width-to-length ratio of 2 to 3.The need for a national flag arose in Korea in the late 19th century when, under pressure from its pow
Earlier this week, the South Korean presidential officereleased detailson 10 dishes that will be served at the banquet on Friday night, and each dish is stuffed with symbolism. The food is sourced from across from the Korean Peninsula. A highlight is Pyongyang Naengmyun,a dish of cold noodles...