
繼修改國歌後,北韓調整國旗比例與紅星位置,象徵與過去體制切割
北韓領導人金正恩近期修改國旗設計,縮短旗面並調整紅星位置。此舉被視為金正恩在國家制度上留下個人印記,並與蘇聯設計的舊版及前代領導人遺產進行象徵性切割的最新行動。
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北韓舊版國旗設計源自二戰後蘇聯的設計,長期以來北韓官方將其功勞歸於金日成。金正恩近年透過刪除憲法中對前領導人的提及及修改國歌,逐步建立個人統治印記。
北韓領導人金正恩強化統治權威性,繼修改國歌後,又修改從祖父金日成掌權時沿用至今的蘇聯設計版國旗。華爾街日報報導,這是金正恩在國家制度上留下個人印記的最新動作。
華爾街日報13日報導,金正恩本週公布修憲內容,首次揭露對國旗的修改,旗面縮短,紅星位置也移到更靠近旗面中央。新版國旗已在9月亞運開幕式及北韓一艘驅逐艦服役典禮上亮相,北韓官媒網站似乎也已換用新版。
修改前的版本,紅星並未在中央,而是較靠旗桿側,但是這版本國旗太狹長、又重,有時難以迎風展開,會皺成一團,遮住核心圖樣紅星。
研究北韓歷史的首爾高麗大學俄裔學者特蒂斯基(Fyodor Tertitskiy)指出,原設計中,中間一條寬的紅色條紋上印著白底紅星,象徵在共產主義下統一的朝鮮半島,上、下藍條紋則代表半島兩側海域。
舊版國旗是二戰結束後,蘇聯(解體前)將莫斯科設計的樣式,交給北韓建國領袖金日成使用。但是北韓官方宣傳數十年前起把設計國旗的功勞歸於金日成,而非蘇聯,並描述國旗樣式象徵金日成反抗日本殖民統治及民族共同血脈。
金正恩執政初期大幅仰賴祖父的威望來鞏固其統治正當性,從髮型到穿著,都令人聯想到金日成。但是近年他逐步建立自己的印記,有些是透過象徵性的變革。近年北韓各地陸續出現他的肖像壁畫,憲法中提到前領導人、即金日成和父親金正日的內容也被大部分刪除;2023年底,金正恩放棄父祖長期以來奉行的與南韓統一政策,隔年刪去國歌中指涉整個朝鮮半島的歌詞。
特蒂斯基說,對這名專制領導人而言,修改國旗是「又一次象徵性地與過去切割」。

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