North Korea has changed the proportions of its national flag for the first time since the country's founding, with the corresponding amendments written into the national constitution, infohub.kz reports.
According to NUR.KZ, citing Yonhap, this is the first change to the flag's aspect ratio since 1948. The new proportions are enshrined in Article 166 of the constitution: the ratio of the flag's height to its width is now 1:1.65, replacing the previous 1:2.
The overall design of the flag remains unchanged: a broad red stripe in the center, narrow white stripes above and below it, blue stripes above and below the white ones, and a red five-pointed star inside a white circle.
According to the publication, the change comes amid North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's push to establish his own style of rule and a national identity while preserving some of his predecessors' traditions.
North Korea previously published an updated constitution that, for the first time, explicitly designates South Korea as a separate neighboring state.