File:Emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.svg

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Description

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

Other versions

File:Emblem of North Korea.svg

Date

13 September 2023

Source

Own work based on: [1]

Author

Redrawn to SVG by DasREDeemr

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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
Hungary: Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code, Section 335
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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Licensing

This work is in the public domain because, according to Article 12 of the Copyright Act of North Korea, this work is not eligible for copyright. This following works are included:

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	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
	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
	03:45, 13 September 2023	600 × 720 (1.04 MB)	DasREDeemr	Minor modifications
	03:25, 13 September 2023	200 × 240 (1.02 MB)	DasREDeemr	Uploaded own work with UploadWizard