Emblem of North Korea

The coat of arms of North Korea was adopted along with the national flag in September 1948.

Description

The coat of arms shows a dam with a hydroelectric power plant and a high voltage pylon against a snowy mountain range.

It is a red, five-pointed star surrounded by rays.

It is circular framed by two bundles of rice ears to a red band is braided, on the Hangeul in white font, the state name ( 조선 민주주의 인민 공화국 - Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is written.

Symbolism

According to Article 163 of the North Korean Constitution is at the mountain to the Paektu, the holy mountain of the revolution. In fact, this highest mountain in Korea, however, has a long-time mythological, the Greek Olympus comparable importance, the stylization of the revolutionary mountain comes from the country's founder Kim Il-sung, who claimed to have organized the resistance against the Japanese from here, and that his son Kim Jong- il was born here.

According to the government side symbolizes the red star the glorious revolutionary traditions that Kim Il-sung has left the Korean people and the great future of the Korean people, the united around the leader continuously on the path of peaceful unification of the country and the victory of the Juche Idea progresses. Similarly optimistic are the other symbols, described the hydropower plant for the industry, the garland of corn for agriculture and the red ribbon for the attachment of the Korean people.

History

The coat of arms was adopted along with the national flag in September 1948. It follows the pattern communist state coat of arms and is modeled on the Soviet national coat of arms.

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