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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_de_Corea_d%27o_Norte" title="Escudo de Corea d'o Norte – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Escudo de Corea d'o Norte" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Герб Карэйскай Народна-Дэмакратычнай Рэспублікі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Герб Карэйскай Народна-Дэмакратычнай Рэспублікі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%8F" title="Герб на Северна Корея – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Герб на Северна Корея" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grb_Sjeverne_Koreje" title="Grb Sjeverne Koreje – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Grb Sjeverne Koreje" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escut_de_Corea_del_Nord" title="Escut de Corea del Nord – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Escut de Corea del Nord" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A1tn%C3%AD_znak_Severn%C3%AD_Koreje" title="Státní znak Severní Koreje – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Státní znak Severní Koreje" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wappen_Nordkoreas" title="Wappen Nordkoreas – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wappen Nordkoreas" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B5hja-Korea_vapp" title="Põhja-Korea vapp – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Põhja-Korea vapp" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%B8%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%92%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Εθνόσημο της Βόρειας Κορέας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εθνόσημο της Βόρειας Κορέας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblema_nacional_de_Corea_del_Norte" title="Emblema nacional de Corea del Norte – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Emblema nacional de Corea del Norte" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazono_de_Korea_Demokratia_Popola_Respubliko" title="Blazono de Korea Demokratia Popola Respubliko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Blazono de Korea Demokratia Popola Respubliko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="نشان ملی کره شمالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نشان ملی کره شمالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embl%C3%A8me_de_la_Cor%C3%A9e_du_Nord" title="Emblème de la Corée du Nord – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Emblème de la Corée du Nord" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblema_de_Corea_do_Norte" title="Emblema de Corea do Norte – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Emblema de Corea do Norte" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%84%A0%EB%AF%BC%EC%A3%BC%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98%EC%9D%B8%EB%AF%BC%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EA%B5%AD%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EC%9E%A5" title="조선민주주의인민공화국의 국장 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="조선민주주의인민공화국의 국장" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grb_Sjeverne_Koreje" title="Grb Sjeverne Koreje – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Grb Sjeverne Koreje" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%94%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="ঔয়াং কোরিয়ার চিনত্হান – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ঔয়াং কোরিয়ার চিনত্হান" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambang_Korea_Utara" title="Lambang Korea Utara – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lambang Korea Utara" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblema_della_Corea_del_Nord" title="Emblema della Corea del Nord – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Emblema della Corea del Nord" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA" title="סמל קוריאה הצפונית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סמל קוריאה הצפונית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A9%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%97_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="ჩრდილოეთ კორეის გერბი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჩრდილოეთ კორეის გერბი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iaur%C4%97s_Kor%C4%97jos_herbas" title="Šiaurės Korėjos herbas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šiaurės Korėjos herbas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89szak-Korea_c%C3%ADmere" title="Észak-Korea címere – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Észak-Korea címere" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B1_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Грб на Северна Кореја – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Грб на Северна Кореја" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblema_tal-Korea_ta%27_Fuq" title="Emblema tal-Korea ta' Fuq – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Emblema tal-Korea ta' Fuq" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="شعار كوريا الشمالية – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="شعار كوريا الشمالية" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambang_negara_Korea_Utara" title="Lambang negara Korea Utara – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Lambang negara Korea Utara" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embleem_van_Noord-Korea" title="Embleem van Noord-Korea – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Embleem van Noord-Korea" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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Korea</b> is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_North_Korea" title="National symbols of North Korea">national symbols of North Korea</a>. Prominent features on the emblem are a <a href="/wiki/Red_star" title="Red star">red star</a>, a hydroelectric plant (the <a href="/wiki/Sup%27ung_Dam" title="Sup'ung Dam">Sup'ung Dam</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Paektu" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Paektu">Mount Paektu</a>. The design bears similarities to the <a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Emblem of the Soviet Union">emblem of the Soviet Union</a> and other emblems done in the <a href="/wiki/Socialist-style_emblems" title="Socialist-style emblems">socialist heraldic</a> style. The emblem was designed by Kim Chu-gyŏng, a painter and a principal of the Pyongyang Art College who also designed the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_North_Korea" title="Flag of North Korea">national flag</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emblem_of_North_Korea&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style=";"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>The national emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea bears the design of a grand hydroelectric power station under Mt. Paektu, the sacred mountain of the revolution, and the beaming light of a five-pointed red star, with ears of rice forming an oval frame, bound with a red ribbon bearing the inscription "The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea." </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Article 169 of the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Constitution_of_the_Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea">Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea</a> (1972, amended 2013)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>The emblem features the <a href="/wiki/Sup%27ung_Dam" title="Sup'ung Dam">Sup'ung Dam</a> under <a href="/wiki/Paektu_Mountain" title="Paektu Mountain">Mount Paektu</a> and a power line as the <a href="/wiki/Escutcheon_(heraldry)" title="Escutcheon (heraldry)">escutcheon</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">crest</a> is a five-pointed shining <a href="/wiki/Red_star" title="Red star">red star</a>. It is <a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">supported</a> with ears of rice, bound with a red ribbon bearing the inscription "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea" in <a href="/wiki/Chos%C5%8Fn%27g%C5%ADl" class="mw-redirect" title="Chosŏn'gŭl">Chosŏn'gŭl</a> characters.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the design of the hydroelectric plant is generic in appearance, its identity is given away by the fact that Sup'ung was the only power station of its kind at the time when the emblem was designed.<sup id="cite_ref-FrankHoare2009_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrankHoare2009-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dail_TheE_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dail_TheE-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sup'ung was constructed by the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> and is located in what is today the border with the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a>. In spite of the uncomfortable reference to colonial infrastructure as well as foreign territory, the choice of the image is not incidental and carries positive connotations. In the late 1940s, the northern half of Korea produced most of the electricity in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-FrankHoare2009_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrankHoare2009-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nkne_Ligh_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nkne_Ligh-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dam symbolises self-sufficiency in electricity; in the spring of 1948, shortly before the hydroelectric plant was added to the emblem, North Korea cut off its power network from the South.<sup id="cite_ref-FrankHoare2009_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrankHoare2009-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>North Korean sources state that Mount Paektu represents the inheritance of the "revolutionary tradition" that started during the anti-Japanese struggle.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mountain holds high cultural significance by both North and South Korea and is revered by many Koreans.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In North Korea, Mount Paektu is said to be where <a href="/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung" title="Kim Il Sung">Kim Il Sung</a> organised his guerilla army and is the official birthplace of <a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Il" title="Kim Jong Il">Kim Jong Il</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dail_TheE_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dail_TheE-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The emblem, and all of its predecessors, follows the basic socialist heraldic design that was adopted in many other countries, which clearly indicates the relations between the <a href="/wiki/Communist" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist">communist</a> ideology and the foundation of the country at the onset of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dail_TheE_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dail_TheE-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emblem_of_North_Korea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Civil_Administration" title="Soviet Civil Administration">occupation of northern Korea by the Soviet Union</a> following the <a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Day_of_Korea" title="National Liberation Day of Korea">liberation of Korea</a>, several emblems were came to be used by the administration. The first equivalent of an emblem appeared on 1 January 1946, printed below a speech of Kim Il Sung in the newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Rodong_Sinmun" title="Rodong Sinmun">Chŏngro</a></i>. It features the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Peninsula">Korean Peninsula</a> surrounded by a pattern of ribbons and wheat identical to that of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_State_Emblem" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet State Emblem">Soviet State Emblem</a>. This was the only known appearance of the emblem, and between 1946 and 1948 a simple outline of the peninsula was displayed in its place. This was intended to signal that the North and <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">the South</a> are one country.<sup id="cite_ref-dail_TheE_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dail_TheE-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Korea" title="Division of Korea">division of Korea</a> loomed, the issue of creating a new national emblem was raised at the third session of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Assembly_of_North_Korea" title="People's Assembly of North Korea">People's Assembly of North Korea</a> in November 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A draft emblem featuring a furnace with Mount Paektu and <a href="/wiki/Heaven_Lake" title="Heaven Lake">Heaven Lake</a> in the background appeared in the provisional constitution in February 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That emblem was surrounded by two ears of rice wrapped by red ribbons bearing the official name of North Korea with a hammer and two sickles inside a shining red star at the top.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The draft emblem appeared in the original flag of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army" title="Korean People's Army">Korean People's Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KPA_flags_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KPA_flags-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around July 1948, the emblem was revised, removing the hammer and sickles from the star and rearranging the wording of the name of the state that was yet to be established.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By August 1948, the emblem was redesigned yet again, replacing the image of the furnace with a hydroelectric power plant under a mountain range. One of the earliest known appearances of the emblem was during the <a href="/wiki/1948_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1948 North Korean parliamentary election">general election that year</a>. Accounts differ about the reason behind the hydroelectric plant being featured in the emblem. North Korean sources claim that Kim Il Sung ordered the change upon seeing the draft emblem as he felt the furnace did not represent North Korea's economic future and prosperity.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, according to Fyodor Tertitskiy, the change was likely ordered by the Soviets as the hydroelectric plant was one of the main industrial structures captured by the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a>; it's unlikely that Kim Il Sung would have chosen to honor the Sup'ung Dam, built during the <a href="/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule" title="Korea under Japanese rule">Japanese occupation of Korea</a>, on a national symbol.<sup id="cite_ref-dail_TheE_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dail_TheE-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The emblem was officially adopted following the formal adoption of the constitution on 8 September 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 April 1992, the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_North_Korea" title="Constitution of North Korea">constitution</a> was amended which replaced the generic mountain range with Mount Paektu.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the emblem with the generic mountain range continued to be used, appearing on coins issued the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately, the current version of the emblem was adopted when a law on the national emblem specified Mount Paektu as the mountain in the emblem on 20 October 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-emblem_law_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emblem_law-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The change was likely done to further legitimise the <a href="/wiki/Kim_family_(North_Korea)" title="Kim family (North Korea)">Kim dynasty's</a> power and Kim Jong Il's succession as leader.<sup id="cite_ref-dail_TheE_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dail_TheE-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KPA_flags_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KPA_flags-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_North_Korea_(prototype).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reconstruction of the first equivalent of an emblem published in Chŏngro in 1946"><img alt="Reconstruction of the first equivalent of an emblem published in Chŏngro in 1946" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28prototype%29.svg/120px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28prototype%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28prototype%29.svg/180px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28prototype%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28prototype%29.svg/240px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28prototype%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="611" data-file-height="605" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Reconstruction of the first equivalent of an emblem published in <i>Chŏngro</i> in 1946</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_North_Korea_(February_%E2%80%93_July_1948).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The draft emblem defined by the provisional constitution of February 1948"><img alt="The draft emblem defined by the provisional constitution of February 1948" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28February_%E2%80%93_July_1948%29.svg/102px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28February_%E2%80%93_July_1948%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="102" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28February_%E2%80%93_July_1948%29.svg/154px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28February_%E2%80%93_July_1948%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28February_%E2%80%93_July_1948%29.svg/205px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28February_%E2%80%93_July_1948%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="482" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The draft emblem defined by the provisional constitution of February 1948</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_North_Korea_(July_%E2%80%93_September_1948).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The draft emblem as revised in July 1948"><img alt="The draft emblem as revised in July 1948" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28July_%E2%80%93_September_1948%29.svg/102px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28July_%E2%80%93_September_1948%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="102" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28July_%E2%80%93_September_1948%29.svg/154px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28July_%E2%80%93_September_1948%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28July_%E2%80%93_September_1948%29.svg/205px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%28July_%E2%80%93_September_1948%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="482" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The draft emblem as revised in July 1948</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_North_Korea_(1948%E2%80%931993).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The emblem used from 8 September 1948 until 20 October 1993; note the generic mountain range"><img alt="The emblem used from 8 September 1948 until 20 October 1993; note the generic mountain range" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931993%29.svg/103px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931993%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="103" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931993%29.svg/154px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931993%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931993%29.svg/205px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931993%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="386" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The emblem used from 8 September 1948 until 20 October 1993; note the generic mountain range</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_North_Korea.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The emblem used since 20 October 1993, revised to include Mount Paektu"><img alt="The emblem used since 20 October 1993, revised to include Mount Paektu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Emblem_of_North_Korea.svg/100px-Emblem_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Emblem_of_North_Korea.svg/150px-Emblem_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Emblem_of_North_Korea.svg/200px-Emblem_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The emblem used since 20 October 1993, revised to include Mount Paektu</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction">Construction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emblem_of_North_Korea&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The national emblem law of 20 October 1993 specifies the colours and proportion of the national emblem.<sup id="cite_ref-emblem_law_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emblem_law-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Construction </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 225px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -50px; left: -10px; width: 245px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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class="gallerybox" style="width: 106.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 104.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_North_Korea_Variant.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The emblem printed by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in a 1960 book"><img alt="The emblem printed by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in a 1960 book" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Emblem_of_North_Korea_Variant.png/157px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_Variant.png" decoding="async" width="105" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Emblem_of_North_Korea_Variant.png/235px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_Variant.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Emblem_of_North_Korea_Variant.png/313px-Emblem_of_North_Korea_Variant.png 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="992" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The emblem printed by the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Languages_Publishing_House_(North_Korea)" title="Foreign Languages Publishing House (North Korea)">Foreign Languages Publishing House</a> in a 1960 book</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 134px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 132px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Chairman_of_the_State_Affairs_Commission_of_North_Korea.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem used by the President of the State Affairs of North Korea since 2016"><img alt="Emblem used by the President of the State Affairs of North Korea since 2016" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Emblem_of_the_Chairman_of_the_State_Affairs_Commission_of_North_Korea.svg/198px-Emblem_of_the_Chairman_of_the_State_Affairs_Commission_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="132" height="120" class="mw-file-element" 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Pyongyang: <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Languages_Publishing_House_(North_Korea)" title="Foreign Languages Publishing House (North Korea)">Foreign Languages Publishing House</a>. 1989. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/21301721">21301721</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=100+Questions+and+Answers%3A+Do+You+Know+about+Korea%3F&rft.place=Pyongyang&rft.pub=Foreign+Languages+Publishing+House&rft.date=1989&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F21301721&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmblem+of+North+Korea" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomas2014" class="citation journal cs1">Thomas, Dean (2014). "Flags and Emblems of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea". <i>Raven: A Journal of Vexillology</i>. <b>21</b>: 95–115. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.5840%2Fraven2014215">10.5840/raven2014215</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1071-0043">1071-0043</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Raven%3A+A+Journal+of+Vexillology&rft.atitle=Flags+and+Emblems+of+the+Democratic+People%27s+Republic+of+Korea&rft.volume=21&rft.pages=95-115&rft.date=2014&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.5840%2Fraven2014215&rft.issn=1071-0043&rft.aulast=Thomas&rft.aufirst=Dean&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmblem+of+North+Korea" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div 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