Military Flags (North Korea)

The flag of the KPA appears to be a variant on the North Korean national flag. The blue of the national flag is black, and the red star is surrounded by a gold circle and with golden leaves beneath it. In the canton of the red part of the flag are the numbers "4.25" in gold, probably for 25 April, the anniversary of the founding of the KPA. There is Hangul (Korean) writing in gold in both the upper and lower black portions of the flag.
Randy Young, 9 February 2005

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Two panicles of rice, that is.

The writings seem to vary among different flags.
Miles Li, 11 February 2005

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The obverse shows (instead of the party emblem) a red star on a white disc, surrounded by a golden wreath of rice, with two additional golden panicles of rice underneath. At the canton (within the red part of the army colour) there is the date "4.25" in yellow; Hangul letters at the top and at the bottom of both sides (in yellow except for those at the top of the naval colour, which are blue). All the colours have yellow fringes, cords and tassels, and are borne on red flagpoles with brass spearhead finials.
Miles Li, 15 February 2005

Divided horizontally, the top half is red with a symbol in the middle (more on that in a sec), and the bottom half is made up of four blue and three white stripes, with the white stripes being roughly half the height of the blue. The symbol in the center of the red portion shows a red star over a blue wavy