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yangdude
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korean flag

Postby yangdude » April 23rd, 2009 2:33 pm

why the 4 trigrams on the korean flag? what do they represent? why exclude the other 4? any detailed reason?

Chriss
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Postby Chriss » April 23rd, 2009 8:23 pm

Well, as far as I know they've excluded some of them because of the design. As for meaning.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea =D

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matthew254
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Postby matthew254 » April 27th, 2009 4:40 am

yangdude, I tackled that exact topic a while back on the blog:
the other red, white, and blue - The south Korean flag
hope you find it helpful!

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