Flag of North Korea
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The Flag of North Korea is a distinctive national flag featuring a central red stripe with a white circle and red star, flanked by blue and white bands, symbolizing the country's socialist ideology and national identity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of North Korea canonical | 2 |
| flag of North Korea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530085 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of North Korea Context triple: [Flags of Asia, includes, Flag of North Korea]
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A.
North Korean national emblem
The North Korean national emblem is the official state symbol of North Korea, depicting key ideological and national motifs that represent the country's leadership, self-reliance, and revolutionary heritage.
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B.
Flag of Vietnam
The Flag of Vietnam is a simple red banner with a large yellow five-pointed star at its center, symbolizing the country's revolutionary history and unity under communism.
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C.
Flag of Manchukuo
The Flag of Manchukuo was the national flag of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (1932–1945), featuring a yellow field with four colored stripes symbolizing the region’s major ethnic groups.
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D.
Taegeukgi
Taegeukgi is the national flag of South Korea, featuring a red-and-blue yin-yang symbol and four black trigrams on a white background, symbolizing balance, harmony, and the principles of Eastern philosophy.
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E.
Flag of the People's Republic of China
The Flag of the People's Republic of China is a red field with five yellow stars symbolizing the leadership of the Communist Party and the unity of the Chinese people.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of North Korea Target entity description: The Flag of North Korea is a distinctive national flag featuring a central red stripe with a white circle and red star, flanked by blue and white bands, symbolizing the country's socialist ideology and national identity.
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A.
North Korean national emblem
The North Korean national emblem is the official state symbol of North Korea, depicting key ideological and national motifs that represent the country's leadership, self-reliance, and revolutionary heritage.
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B.
Flag of Vietnam
The Flag of Vietnam is a simple red banner with a large yellow five-pointed star at its center, symbolizing the country's revolutionary history and unity under communism.
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C.
Flag of Manchukuo
The Flag of Manchukuo was the national flag of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (1932–1945), featuring a yellow field with four colored stripes symbolizing the region’s major ethnic groups.
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D.
Taegeukgi
Taegeukgi is the national flag of South Korea, featuring a red-and-blue yin-yang symbol and four black trigrams on a white background, symbolizing balance, harmony, and the principles of Eastern philosophy.
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E.
Flag of the People's Republic of China
The Flag of the People's Republic of China is a red field with five yellow stars symbolizing the leadership of the Communist Party and the unity of the Chinese people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
state symbol ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1948-09-08 ⓘ |
| adoptionContext | after establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ |
| blueStripeMeaning | sovereignty, peace and friendship ⓘ |
| borderStripeColor | white ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Asia
ⓘ
National flags ⓘ |
| centralEmblem | white circle with a red five-pointed star ⓘ |
| circleMeaning | unity ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| country | North Korea ⓘ |
| design | horizontal triband with a wide red stripe bordered by narrow white stripes and wide blue stripes at the top and bottom ⓘ |
| displayedAt |
North Korean embassies abroad
ⓘ
linked to:
North Korean embassies
military facilities in North Korea ⓘ public buildings in North Korea ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Flag of South Korea
ⓘ
linked to:
Taegeukgi
|
| ensignVariant |
civil ensign of North Korea
ⓘ
naval ensign of North Korea ⓘ war flag of the Korean People's Army Ground Force ⓘ |
| fieldColor | red central field ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | socialist symbolism of the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Workers' Party of Korea leadership
ⓘ
linked to:
leadership of Workers' Party of Korea
|
| ISO3166CountryCode | KP ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined in the Constitution of North Korea ⓘ |
| lowerStripeColor | blue ⓘ |
| officialName |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
ⓘ
linked to:
North Korea
|
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| redStripeMeaning | revolutionary traditions and the blood shed for independence ⓘ |
| replaced | traditional Korean Taegukgi as primary state flag in the North ⓘ |
| sideRatio | height:width = 1:2 ⓘ |
| starMeaning |
leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea
ⓘ
linked to:
leadership of Workers' Party of Korea
socialism ⓘ |
| starPoints | 5 ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Korean nationalism
ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ patriotism ⓘ revolutionary traditions ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| upperStripeColor | blue ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Korean People's Army
ⓘ
government of North Korea ⓘ
linked to:
North Korean government
state institutions of North Korea ⓘ |
| whiteStripeMeaning | purity and the Korean nation ⓘ |
| writingSystemOnFlag | none ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Flag of North Korea Description of subject: The Flag of North Korea is a distinctive national flag featuring a central red stripe with a white circle and red star, flanked by blue and white bands, symbolizing the country's socialist ideology and national identity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.