N. Korea changes national flag proportions for first time in 78 years
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 13, 2 of them from South Korea.
North Korea has revised the official proportions of its national flag for the first time since the regime's establishment in 1948, in what analysts see as another step by leader Kim Jong-un to forge a distinct national identity under his "two hostile states" doctrine. According to Article 166 of the revised constitution published Friday on Naenara, a North Korean external propaganda website, the height-to-width ratio of the national flag has been changed from 1:2 to 1:1.65, effectively shortenin
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2 outlets from South Korea, where the story is: Yonhap, The Korea Herald · how we count
- Nov 13, 1:16 AM UTCFirst reportN. Korea changes national flag's aspect ratio for 1st time since 1948en.yna.co.kr ↗
- Nov 13, 6:20 AM UTC+5 h· you’re reading thisN. Korea changes national flag proportions for first time in 78 yearskoreaherald.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 6:21 AM UTC · +5 h
[Claude] Report 2 is a Yonhap report on the same North Korean flag aspect-ratio change, and it does not contradict Report 1's facts.
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