Emblem of South Korea#Gallery

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|name = National Emblem of the Republic of Korea
대한민국의 국장

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|motto = 대한민국
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The National Emblem of the Republic of Korea ({{Korean|hangul=대한민국의 국장|hanja={{linktext|大|韓|民|國}}의 {{linktext|國|章}}}}), also officially referred as Naramunjang ({{Korean|hangul=나라문장|hanja=나라紋章}}, {{Literal translation|State emblem}}), consists of the taegeuk symbol present on the South Korean national flag surrounded by five stylized petals and a ribbon bearing the inscription of the official Korean name of the country (Daehanminguk), in Korean characters. The Taegeuk represents peace and harmony. The five petals all have meaning and are related to South Korea's national flower, the Hibiscus syriacus, or Rose of Sharon ({{langx|ko|무궁화}}; Hanja: 無窮花, mugunghwa).

The emblem was announced on 10 December 1963.{{cite book|url=http://www.mois.go.kr/cmm/fms/FileDown.do?atchFileId=FILE_000000000008139&fileSn=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806220754/http://www.mois.go.kr/cmm/fms/FileDown.do?atchFileId=FILE_000000000008139&fileSn=0|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-08-06|title=National Symbols of the Republic of Korea: Uniting People and Elevating National Pride|date=2017|access-date=6 August 2017|publisher=Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Korea|location=Seoul|author=Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Korea|pages=10–11}}{{Cite web|url=https://mois.go.kr/chd/sub/a05/mascot/screen.do|title = 우리나라 국가상징> 나라문장}}{{cite book|url=https://theme.archives.go.kr/viewer/common/archWebViewer.do?archiveEventId=0028000782|script-title=ko:관보|trans-title=Official Gazette|publisher=Government of the Republic of Korea|pages=25–26|date=10 December 1963|access-date=5 July 2024}} According to Brian Reynolds Myers, the flower and taegeuk symbols are generally considered by South Koreans to be symbolic of the "Korean ethnos" ({{Langx|ko|한민족}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/North+Korea's+state-loyalty+advantage.-a0274114570|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180520092751/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/North+Korea's+state-loyalty+advantage.-a0274114570|url-status=dead|title=North Korea's state-loyalty advantage.|work=Free Online Library|date=2011|archivedate=20 May 2018|access-date=20 May 2018|quote=The state emblem (adopted in 1963) is a taegeuk symbol on a rose of Sharon--another purely racial symbol.|last=Myers|first=Brian Reynolds|authorlink=Brian Reynolds Myers}}

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