File:Emblem of North Korea.svg

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Summary

Description

English: State emblem of North Korea, adopted in 1993.

Date

1993

Source

Own work based on: [1]

Author

Redrawn to SVG by DasREDeemr

Permission
(Reusing this file)

Legal disclaimer
This image contains a symbol prohibited by law in some nations, owing to it being a representation of communism, socialism, or a similar governmental structure; or of an associated political party/organization:

Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly: UU No. 27/1999
Latvia's Saeima: Amendments to the Law on the Safety of Public Entertainment and Festivity Events (OP 2013/129.4). Ban only applies at public events.
Lithuania's Constitutional Court confirms Article 188¹⁸ of the Code of Administrative Offences. Collection, antiquarian trade and educational activities are exempt from the ban.
South Korea's National Security Act (prohibited for symbols or emblems related to North Korea)
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (article 436-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine)

Imagery covered may include the hammer and sickle^en, red star, emblems/insignias, flags or images of leaders.

العربية ∙ беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ Esperanto ∙ español ∙ euskara ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ Gàidhlig ∙ galego ∙ हिन्दी ∙ magyar ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ қазақша ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

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Emblem of North Korea (2).svg

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Licensing

Public domain

This work published before February 1, 2006 is in the public domain in North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) because, according to Article 12 of the Copyright law of North Korea (as adopted by Decree No. 2141 of March 21, 2001), this work is not eligible for copyright. (details) This following works are included:

Documents for state management such as ordinance, decision or directive;
Current news;
Information data

In the 2006 amendments to the Copyright Law (as amended by Decree No. 1532 of February 1, 2006), the expression "such as ordinance, decision, or directive" was removed and "unless commercial purpose is pursued" was added, indicating that copyright exists in cases of commercial use. Therefore, such works published on or after February 1, 2006, cannot be used commercially and are not allowed on Wikimedia Commons.

English ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ 조선말 ∙ தமிழ் ∙ 中文 ∙ +/−

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:

it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (North Korea) on the URAA date (January 1, 1996 for most countries).

For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights.
Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:13, 22 August 2024	600 × 720 (1.03 MB)	Colohisto	More accurate version
	07:57, 24 October 2023	330 × 386 (314 KB)	Jihwan08	Reverted to version as of 12:13, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
	14:45, 23 September 2023	600 × 720 (1.03 MB)	DasREDeemr	Version by User:마이산: font changed from PK CheonRiMa to WK Gojik
	14:44, 23 September 2023	600 × 720 (1.03 MB)	DasREDeemr	Version by User:마이산: font changed from PK CheonRiMa to WK Gojik
	14:40, 23 September 2023	416 × 487 (242 KB)	DasREDeemr	Reverted to version as of 03:46, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
	08:55, 22 September 2023	500 × 600 (1.34 MB)	마이산	이 국장에 들어있는 글꼴은 "WK고직"입니다.
	03:46, 16 September 2023	416 × 487 (242 KB)	ZhangZihao	Reverted to version as of 12:59, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
	23:25, 13 September 2023	600 × 720 (1.06 MB)	DasREDeemr	Fixed minor issue with some paths' stroke rendering
	03:57, 13 September 2023	600 × 720 (1.06 MB)	DasREDeemr	Minor modifications
	03:55, 13 September 2023	600 × 720 (1.06 MB)	DasREDeemr	Minor modifications