Flawed Taegeukgi Spotted on National Professional Licenses... "Unthinkable"

It has been learned that the national flag, the Taegeukgi, was incorrectly printed on professional licenses issued by a state agency, sparking controversy.

Criticism has emerged that an incorrect Taegeukgi design was used on aviation-related national professional licenses issued by the Korea Transportation Safety Authority.

Looking at the revealed license, not only is the Taegeuk pattern inverted, but the shapes and arrangement of the four trigrams (geon, gon, gam, ri) are also depicted differently from the actual national flag.

Professor Seo Kyoung-duk of Sungshin Women's University pointed out that it is unthinkable to mistakenly put an incorrectly designed national flag representing the country on a national professional license.

Previously in September, an incorrectly drawn Taegeukgi was featured in a middle school textbook, causing a controversy.

To prevent such absurd mistakes from recurring, state and public institutions appear to need to implement much more rigorous inspection procedures when using national symbols.

(Photo courtesy of Professor Seo Kyoung-duk's social media)
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