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Order of the National Flag

{{Short description|Second highest order of North Korea}}

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| hanja = 國旗勳章

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The Order of the National Flag ({{Korean|hangul=국기훈장|mr=Kukki Hunjang|context=north}}) is the second highest order of North Korea, after the Order of Kim Il Sung and the Order of Kim Jong Il.

It is the oldest order in the country, having been established in 1948, just six weeks after the North Korean state was founded.

The order is awarded to both individuals and organizations, for political, cultural or economic work. The order, which comes in three classes, is automatically conferred upon recipients of the titles of Hero of the Republic and Hero of Labour and various {{ill|"People's" honorary titles|zh|人民称号}}. The Order of the National Flag is also awarded to recipients of the Order of Freedom and Independence and Order of Soldier's Honor in the appropriate class. Recipients are entitled to benefits such as a salary or free public transport.

Domestic recipients include both leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and other notables. Foreign recipients include politicians such as Fidel Castro, Hosni Mubarak and Siad Barre.

History

When the order was instituted on 12 October 1948,{{cite book|first=James M.|last=Minnich|title=The North Korean People's Army: Origins and Current Tactics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pu65AAAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=978-1-59114-525-7|page=52}} six weeks after the foundation of the North Korean state, it was the first and highest order of the country.{{Cite web | title = Chests Full of Brass: A DPRK Political History in Orders, Medals, Prizes, and Titles | last = Weiser | first = Martin | work = Sino-NK | date = 8 January 2016 | access-date = 16 April 2016 | url = http://sinonk.com/2016/01/08/chests-full-of-brass-a-dprk-political-history-in-orders-medals-prizes-and-titles/ }} It is named after the flag of North Korea.{{sfn|Thomas|2014|p=106}}

Eligibility

It can be awarded to individuals and to organizations or workplaces for achievements in military service{{cite web | url = http://znakordena.ru/catalog.php?tovar_id=25 | script-title = ru:Орден "Национального Флага 3 ст" | access-date = 10 October 2010 | work = Znakordena.ru | language = ru | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160426204007/http://znakordena.ru/catalog.php?tovar_id=25 | archive-date = 26 April 2016 | url-status = dead }} or political, cultural, or economic work. It is also awarded to officers of the Workers' Party of Korea for longstanding service (25 years for the first class, 20 years for the second class and 15 years for the third class).{{cite web | url = http://www.northkoreanmedals.com/ | title = Order of the National Flag | access-date = 5 August 2010 | work = Northkoreanmedals.com }}

Those who are awarded the title of Hero of the Republic or Hero of Labour are always awarded with the Order of the National Flag as well, as are laureates of {{ill|"People's" honorary titles|zh|人民称号}}.{{sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=132}} Recipients of the Order of Freedom and Independence receive the Order of the National Flag of the same class, but Order of Soldier's Honor recipients receive the Order of the National Flag in a lower class. Recipients have the right to use public transport free of charge.{{cite web | url = http://www.jeanpaulleblanc.com/KoreaNorth.htm | title = Korea (North) | access-date = 2 April 2011 | work = Jeanpaulleblanc.com }} Disabled and retired recipients receive an annual salary along with the order.

Precedence

The Order of the National Flag is the second highest order of North Korea, after the Order of Kim Il Sung and the Order of Kim Jong Il, which share the first place. The order has three classes.

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Recipients

{{Incomplete list|date=October 2015}}

=North Korean recipients=

  • Kim Il Sung (6 February 1951, first class; 28 July 1953, first class{{cite book| last= Dziak | first= Waldemar J. | title = Kim Ir Sen | date = 2001 | publisher = Państwowe Wydawnictwo Wiedza Powszechna | location= Warszawa | isbn = 83-214-1260-2 | language = pl| page = 139 }}{{Cite book|last=Baik|first=Bong|author-mask=Baik Bong|year=1970|title=Kim Il Sung Biography: From Building Democratic Korea to Chullima Flight|location=Tokyo|publisher=Miraisha|volume=2|oclc=630184658|page=405}})
  • Han Sorya (26 April 1951, second class){{cite thesis|last=Wit|first=Jerôme de|date=2015|access-date=21 April 2016|title=Writing Under Wartime Conditions: North and South Korean Writers During the Korean War (1950–1953)|publisher=Leiden University|url=https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/31445/01.pdf?sequence=8|oclc=900144488|page=44}}
  • Im Hwa (26 April 1951, second class)
  • Cho Ki-chon (26 April 1951, second class)
  • Ri Ki-yong (26 April 1951, second class)
  • Yi T'aejun (26 April 1951, second class)
  • Kim Chogyu (26 April 1951, third class)
  • Pak Unggŏl (26 April 1951, third class)
  • Shin Kosong (26 April 1951, third class)
  • Pak Chong-ae (July 1953, second class; first class){{Cite web | script-title = ko:박정애(朴正愛) | trans-title = Pak Chong-ae | publisher = Institute for Peace Affairs | work = North Korean Human Geography | location = Seoul | access-date = 2016-12-17 | url = http://cybernk.net/infoText/InfoHumanDetail.aspx?mc=EJ1103&hid=EJ110300228958&rightType=3&direct=1&direct=1 | language = ko | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170823170044/http://www.cybernk.net/infoText/InfoHumanDetail.aspx?mc=EJ1103&hid=EJ110300228958&rightType=3&direct=1&direct=1 | archive-date = 23 August 2017 | url-status = dead }}
  • Thae Byong-ryol{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
  • Jang Chol (August 1961, first class){{sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=793}}
  • Ri Tu-il (June 1968, first class){{sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=887}}
  • Kim Ryong-yong (January 1976, first class){{sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=850}}
  • Choe Sam-suk (1982, first class){{sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=768}}
  • Kim Jong Il (1982, first class){{cite book|last=Buzo|first=Adrian|title=The Guerilla Dynasty: Politics and Leadership in North Korea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L74cVf94cGIC&pg=PA117|year=1999|publisher=I.B.Tauris|location=London/New York|isbn=978-1-86064-414-6|page=117}}
  • Jong Chang-ryol (June 1986, first class){{sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=802}}
  • Kim Su-jo (October 1989, first class){{sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=855}}
  • Paek Hak-rim (April 1997, first class){{sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=756}}
  • Ri Ul-sol (April 1997, first class){{sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=886}}
  • O Ik-je (September 1997, first class){{sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=868}}
  • Jon Pyong-ho (February 1998, first class){{cite web | url = http://nkleadershipwatch.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/jonpyongho1.pdf | title = Jon Pyong Ho | access-date = 9 October 2010 | work = Nkleadershipwatch.files.wordpress.com | page = 1 }}
  • Ryu Mi-yong (January 1991, first class){{sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=913}}
  • Han Duk-su (first class ten times){{cite web | url = http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/156th_issue/2001022201.htm | title = Chairman Han Duk Su of CHONGRYUN Passes Away | access-date = 6 August 2010 | work = Co.jp | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120302153211/http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/156th_issue/2001022201.htm | archive-date = 2 March 2012 | df = dmy-all }}
  • Hyon Yong-chol (eight times first class, five times second class, and twice third class){{cite web|url=http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/51,114871,17907756.html?i=4|title=Rozstrzelany z broni przeciwlotniczej za... drzemkę. Bo nie okazał szacunku dla Kim Dzong Una|work=gazeta.pl|date=13 May 2015|access-date=13 May 2015}}
  • Kim Ryong Rin (nine times first class)
  • Jo Myong-rok (first class){{cite web | url = http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2010-11/07/content_11512964.htm | title = Senior DPRK official Jo Myong Rok passes away | access-date = 27 March 2011 | work = Chinadaily.com.cn }}
  • Kim Jung-rin (first class){{cite web | url = http://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/kim-jung-rin-dies/ | title = Kim Jung Rin Dies | access-date = 9 October 2010 | work = Nkleadershipwatch.files.wordpress.com | date = 28 April 2010 }}
  • Kim Rak-hui (first class){{Cite web | title = Kim Rak Hui, Initiator of Plowwoman Movement | agency = KCNA | date = 20 February 2013 | archive-date = 8 September 2017 | url = http://kcna.co.jp/item/2013/201302/news20/20130220-21ee.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170908192445/http://kcna.co.jp/item/2013/201302/news20/20130220-21ee.html }}
  • Lee Kwon-mu (first class){{cite book|last=Fehrenbach|first=T. R.|title=This Kind of War: The Classic Military History of the Korean War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TA4eAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT139|date=1 April 2014|publisher=Open Road Media|isbn=978-1-4976-0375-2|page=139}}
  • Ri Jong-ok (first class){{Cite web | title = Ri Jong Ok passes away | work = Wayback Machine | date = 11 October 2012 | access-date = 14 October 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141012050801/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1999/9909/news09/23.htm | url=http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1999/9909/news09/23.htm |archive-date= 12 October 2014 | publisher=Korean Central News Agency }}
  • Kang Ki-sop (two times first class, three times second class, and three times third class){{Citation |title=빛나는 삶의 품 30 충정의 한길에 삶은 빛난다 | date=25 July 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBqq8tZ_0bA |language=en |access-date=2022-12-29}}
  • At the beginning of 2010, North Korean media announced that the Order of the National Flag, first class, was posthumously awarded to the captain and first mechanics of the freighter that sunk in November 2009 by the Chinese city of Dalian. The crew attempted to salvage the ship's portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.{{cite web | url = http://www.newsweek.pl/artykuly/sekcje/swiat/szczyt-bohaterstwa--narazac-zycie-dla-portretow-kim-ir-sena,52274,1 | title = Szczyt bohaterstwa: narażać życie dla portretów Kim Ir Sena | access-date = 5 August 2010 | work = Newsweek.pl | language = pl | archive-date = 9 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160309113927/http://swiat.newsweek.pl/szczyt-bohaterstwa--narazac-zycie-dla-portretow-kim-ir-sena,52274,1,1.html | url-status = dead }}
  • Pyongyang University of Music and Dance (first class){{Cite web | title = Pyongyang University of Music and Dance | website=Naenara | access-date = 2016-05-16 | archive-date= 2014-07-16 | url = http://naenara.com.kp/en/art/institution/index.php?7 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140716070632/http://naenara.com.kp/en/art/institution/index.php?7 }}
  • Kigwancha Sports Club (first class){{Cite web | title = Anniversary of Kigwancha Sports Team Marked in DPRK | work=Rodong Sinmun | date = 11 January 2016 | access-date = 23 February 2018 | url = http://rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_01&newsID=2016-01-11-0009 | archive-date = 21 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232321/http://rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_01&newsID=2016-01-11-0009 | url-status = dead }}
  • Chongnyon Jonwi (first class){{Cite web |title=Youth Paper Observes Publication of Its 20 000th Issue |agency=KCNA |date=6 February 2017 |archive-date=24 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124004243/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2017/201702/news06/20170206-13ee.html |url=http://kcna.co.jp/item/2017/201702/news06/20170206-13ee.html |access-date=17 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}
  • 5th generator turbine of Sup'ung Dam (first class){{Cite AV media|url=http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=ccentv&mtype=view&no=54482#pos|title=9월11일 20시보도|date=2021-09-11|last=Korean Central Television|language=ko|access-date=12 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912065403/http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=ccentv&mtype=view&no=54482#pos|url-status=dead}}
  • Hwasong-17's transporter erector launcher number 321 (first class, awarded in November 2022){{Cite web |date=2023-01-26 |title=Kim Jong-un gives favourite missile launcher the same honour as his dad |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/26/north-korea-kim-jong-un-gives-favourite-missile-launcher-same-honour-as-his-dad-18172870/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Metro |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Havis |first=Michael |last2=Odeen-Isbister |first2=Sara |date=2023-01-30 |title=Kim Jong-un names his favourite missile launcher a national hero of North Korea |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/kim-jong-un-names-favourite-29085324 |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Title of DPRK Hero Awarded to New-type ICBM Hwasongpho-17 Launching Vehicle |url=http://kcna.co.jp/item/2022/202211/news27/20221127-04ee.html |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Korean Central News Agency}}

=Foreign recipients=

  • Peng Dehuai (China, 1951 and 1953, first class){{cite book|editor-last=Sandler|editor-first=Stanley|title=The Korean War: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ff2t3UM-bkMC&pg=SA2-PA64|date=January 1995|publisher=Taylor & Francis|location=New York/London|isbn=978-0-8240-4445-9|page=264}}
  • Antonín Zápotocký (Czechoslovakia, 1955, first class){{cite web | url=http://www.vyznamenani.net/?p=1551 | title=Řády a vyznamenání prezidentů republiky }}
  • Alois Barvínek (Czechoslovakia, 1955, third class), Czechoslovak composer{{Cite web| title=Ceskoslovensko-korejské vztahy v době korejské války 1950-1953 | language=cs | trans-title=Czechoslovak-Korean relations during the Korean War 1950-1953 | url=https://dspace.cuni.cz/bitstream/handle/20.500.11956/3265/RPTX_2005_2_11210_ASZK00844_131672_0_26473.pdf?sequence=1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421184909/https://dspace.cuni.cz/bitstream/handle/20.500.11956/3265/RPTX_2005_2_11210_ASZK00844_131672_0_26473.pdf?sequence=1 | archive-date=2023-04-21}}
  • Nureddin al-Atassi (Syria, September 1969, first class){{sfn|Gills|2005|p=152}}
  • Siad Barre (Democratic Republic of Somalia, 1972, first class){{Cite web| work = Korea-dpr.com }}
  • Gustáv Husák (Czechoslovakia, first class, awarded twice 1973 and 1988)
  • Gnassingbé Eyadéma (Togo, September 1974, first class){{cite book|author=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service|title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlHRAAAAMAAJ|date=September 1974|publisher=Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation|chapter=Togolese President's visit to N Korea: co-operation agreement (FE/4701/A5/12)}}
  • Didier Ratsiraka (Madagascar, 1978, first class){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGHVAAAAMAAJ&q=Didier+Ratsiraka+order+of+the+national+flag+korea|title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, Part 3|newspaper=Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation|date=1978|access-date=April 19, 2024}}
  • Samora Machel (Mozambique, March 1975, first class){{sfn|Gills|2005|p=164}}
  • Ferdinand Kozovski (Bulgarian Lieutenant general of Bulgarian army, deputy komander of Bulgarian army 1944-1945 in Second World War, Chairman of National assembly of Bulgaria 1958-1965){{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
  • Leonid Brezhnev (Soviet Union, 18 December 1976, first class){{cite book|author=Se-Jin Kim|title=Korean unification: source materials with an introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zvVxAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Research Center for Peace and Unification|page=95}}
  • Juvénal Habyarimana (Rwanda, 1978, first class){{cite web | url = http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA375988 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130408131041/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA375988 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 8 April 2013 | title = Asia | access-date = 11 October 2010 | work = Dtic.mil }}
  • Jean-Bédel Bokassa (Central African Empire, 1978, first class){{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ql_VAAAAMAAJ|title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, Part 3|newspaper=Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation|date=1978|access-date=February 15, 2024}}
  • Choi Eun-hee (South Korea, 1983, first class){{cite book|last=Fischer|first=Paul|title=A Kim Jong-Il Production: Kidnap, Torture, Murder... Making Movies North Korean-Style|year=2016|publisher=Penguin Books|location=London|isbn=978-0-241-97000-3|page=198}}
  • Hosni Mubarak (Egypt, 1983, first class){{cite web | url = http://www.sis.gov.eg/fr/Story.aspx?sid=368 | title = Le Président de la République | access-date = 10 October 2010 | work = Sis.gov.eg | language = fr}}
  • Agatha Barbara (Malta, August 1985, first class){{cite book|author1=Joseph Bonnici|author2=Michael Cassar|title=A Chronicle of Twentieth Century Malta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b4ZoAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Book distributors limited|isbn=978-99909-72-27-6|page=430}}
  • Sam Nujoma (Namibia, 1992){{cite book|last1=Tonchi|first1=Victor L.|last2=Lindeke|first2=William A.|last3=Grotpeter|first3=John J.|title=Historical Dictionary of Namibia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mls4H1mnN_0C&pg=PA306|edition=Second|date=31 August 2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Plymouth|isbn=978-0-8108-7990-4|page=306}}
  • Norodom Sihanouk (Cambodia, 1965, first class){{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqIcAQAAMAAJ|title=News from Hsinhua News Agency: daily bulletin|newspaper=Xin hua tong xun she|date=1965|access-date=April 21, 2024}}
  • Fidel Castro (Cuba, 2006, first class){{cite web | url = http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/13/kim-jong-il-gives-castro-a-going-away-present/ | title = Kim Jong-il gives Castro a going away present | access-date = 9 October 2010 | work = Rjkoehler.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330091813/http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/13/kim-jong-il-gives-castro-a-going-away-present/ | archive-date = 30 March 2012 | url-status = usurped }}
  • Józef Borowiec, former director of the National Center of Education in {{interlanguage link|Płakowice|pl}}, Poland{{cite web | url = http://www.gazetawroclawska.pl/magazyn/264686,snily-o-polskim-chlebie-i-smalcu,id,t.html#material_3 | title = Śniły o polskim chlebie i smalcu | access-date = 5 August 2010 | work = Gazetawroclawska.pl | date = 4 June 2010 | language = pl }}
  • Yakov Novichenko (Soviet Union){{cite book|author=P'yŏnghwa T'ongil Yŏn'guso (Korea)|title=Korea & World Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1uUMAQAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Research Center for Peace and Unification.|page=874}}
  • Alejandro Cao de Benós (Spain){{cite web | url = http://www.korea-dpr.com/about.htm | title = About this webpage | access-date = 17 October 2010 | work = Korea-dpr.com | archive-date = 11 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120311050143/http://www.korea-dpr.com/about.htm | url-status = dead }}
  • Ra Hun, Korean minority activist in Japan (first class, second class, and twice third class){{cite web | url = http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/179th_issue/066th_issue/98102108.htm | title = Obituary | access-date = 8 March 2011 | work = Co.jp | archive-date = 2 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120302153813/http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/179th_issue/066th_issue/98102108.htm | url-status = dead }}
  • Megawati Sukarnoputri (Indonesia, 2002, first class){{cite web | url = http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/179th_issue/178th_issue/2002033001.htm | title = Indonesian President Megawati Visits DPRK; Meets Kim Jong Il for 1st Time in 37 Years | access-date = 8 March 2011 | work = Co.jp | archive-date = 2 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120302153207/http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/179th_issue/178th_issue/2002033001.htm | url-status = dead }}
  • Wojciech Jaruzelski (Poland, 1977, first class){{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
  • Heinz Kessler (East Germany, July 1988, first class){{Cite web |title=Report on Visit of East German Military Delegation to North Korea |date=19 July 1988 |work=History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive |translator-last=Leonard |translator-first=Grace |access-date=13 December 2020 |url= https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/113202 |id=SAPMO-BA, DY 30, 2508 }}
  • Josip Broz Tito (Yugoslavia, 25 August 1977, first class)Bilo je časno živjeti s Titom. RO Mladost, RO Prosvjeta, Zagreb, February 1981. (pg. 102)
  • {{ill|Olavi Linnus|fi}} (Finland, 1978, second class){{cite news | title = Kunniamerkit | newspaper = Helsingin Sanomat | date = 23 October 1978 | page = 12 | url = https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/fb61e46a-006a-4629-aca4-db163d3691d3/12 |issn = 0355-2047 | language = fi}}
  • Saleh Harsi Awad Al-Ban (South Yemen, 1969, third class){{Cite web |title=رجال في ذاكرة التاريخ |url=https://www.alayyam.info/news/282356O0-Y3DA33 |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=www.alayyam.info |language=ar}}
  • Forbes Burnham (Guyana, 1972, first class{{cite web |title=Forbes Burnham |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/guyana-history-biographies/forbes-burnham |website=encyclopedia.com |access-date=1 January 2023}})
  • Vajiralongkorn (Thailand, 1992, first class{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.kp/view/article/14505|title=Немеркнущие заслуги в развитии отношений между КНДР и Таиландом|website=Сайта МИД КНДР|date=2022-03-10}})

See also

{{Portal|North Korea|Numismatics}}

References

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