The national flag of Korea is called "taegeukgi" (te-guk-gi), which signifies the people's quest for creativity and prosperity. The red and and black taeguk in the center is surrounded by four sets of black trigrams on a white background representing purity and love for peace. The taeguk diagram symbolizes harmony between "yin" (blue) and "yang" (red), which is the belief that everything in the universe were created as a result of interaction between opposites. The four trigrams stand for the changes and development of yin and yang through various combinations: (from top left) the sky, water, earth and fire.
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