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English: Emblem of Korean People's Army.

Date

1958

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[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
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Ericmetro

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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)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:41, 22 May 2025	600 × 600 (155 KB)	Great Brightstar	Fix bottom
	17:52, 17 March 2025	600 × 600 (155 KB)	Great Brightstar	Fix red star
	19:09, 6 March 2025	600 × 600 (155 KB)	Great Brightstar	Fix red star
	19:01, 4 March 2025	600 × 600 (155 KB)	Great Brightstar	Small addition
	17:06, 2 March 2025	600 × 600 (154 KB)	Great Brightstar	Fix some strokes
	13:40, 25 July 2019	600 × 600 (51 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Higher svg resolution from same file. Optimized svg code. No other changes.
	15:42, 4 February 2016	231 × 231 (184 KB)	Ericmetro	User created page with UploadWizard