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Flag designed to represent all of Korea

The Korean Unification Flag is a flag designed to represent all of Korea when North and South Korea participate as one team in various sporting events.

North and South Korea initially planned to compete as one team at the 1990 Asian Games, and conceived the Korean Unification Flag amid logistical difficulties with raising two flags at once. While the unified team effort was not realized, the flag was prominently displayed by an unofficial cheerleading group during the Games. The flag was first officially used in 1991 when the two countries competed together as a single team in the 41st World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan.

The background colour is white. In the center is a sky blue

Ulleungdo was added to the flag in 2002, and the disputed Liancourt Rocks were added in 2003. Around September 2006, Socotra Rock was also added to the flag after an EEZ dispute flare up with China. It is unconfirmed whether it was present at any future official or unofficial usages of the flag. and other events in 2018, following alleged pressure from the IOC and Japan. The IOC has told South Korea that including the Liancourt Rocks officially would be seen as "a political act" and violate the IOC's neutrality, to which South Korea agreed.

According to American scholar and Korea expert Brian Reynolds Myers, South and North Koreans view the flag in different contexts. South Koreans see the flag as representing a peaceful relationship and coexistence with North Korea, whereas North Koreans view its usage by South Koreans as representing a desire to have their country annexed into North Korea. In this sense, Myers says, South Korean usage of the flag is more detrimental to their country's status as to North Korea than North Koreans' usage of it in regards to South Korea.