NORTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION 08/2022
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When Korea was liberated on August 15, 1945, anybody could take out and hold up the Korean national flag called the Taegeukgi. The Taegeukgi was hoisted high up on the Capitol building. The Constitutional Assembly, elected through elections on May 10, 1948, opened and raised the Korean flag at the then-Capitol building. Following the establishment of the government of the Republic of Korea on August 15, 1948, President Rhee Syngman ordered the standardization of the national flag regulations on January 4, 1949. The Korean National Flag Rectification Committee approved the draft, submitted by the Our Flag Preservation Society among five drafts, as the final draft. The Taegeukgi was first established 140 years ago in 1882 as the national flag of Joseon and was adopted as the national flag by the Republic of Korea 74 years ago. It contains the glory of our modern and contemporary history.
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