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The earliest surviving depiction of the flag of Korea / South Korea, as published in a U.S. Navy book Flags of Maritime Nations in July 1882. Source for this scan: Chosun Ilbo article of January 26, 2004 20:39 KST, online at http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200401/200401260030.html

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current14:20, 2 August 2006300×216 (14 KB)Himasaram (first known image of flag this flag was designed in 1882 {{PD-US}} or {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}} if what I've heard about the source text of the book this came from is true. 68.39.174.238 00:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC) Originally up)
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