THE taegukgi, South Korea’s national flag, has rarely been as present on the country’s streets as it is today: swung by demonstrators, plastered on trucks and pitched outside big buildings.

In memory of uprising against colonial rule: The Korean national flag, Taegukgi, flutters on the wall of an apartment complex in Seongdonggu, Seoul, Thursday, ahead of March 1, a national holiday ...

Emblazoned on the banners, as well as on badges pinned to each student’s shirt, was the same emblem: A cropped version of the Taegeukgi, South Korea’s national flag — its familiar yin and yang ...

The 25-year-old, known for her role in hit film Taegukgi, or National Flag, was found hanged in her dressing room. Her family said she had been suffering a bout of mental illness after performing nude ...