text: Worker-Peasant Red Guards: Red with service emblem (red star and gold wreath) in the centre and the Hangul motto in gold above and below the emblem in the obverse, and name of the service in Hangul below the WPK emblem in the reverse, from 1997 to 2011 the gold Hangul motto read "Let's us defend the leadership of the revolution led by Comrade Kim Jong Il with our lives!"
  Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
  The traditions of military unit and branch colours of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces are mostly derived from the Western practice with the Flag of South Korea treated as a National Colour.
  Today each of the ROKAF's service branches have branch regimental colours, all gold fringed, which are carried by colour guards following a mix of Western traditions. The colours are as follows:
  Army: Blue and white with service emblem
  Navy: Blue with white canton (taegeuk with crossed anchors)
  Marine Corps: Scarlet with service emblem
  Air Force: Air force/sky blue with gold service emblem
  In major holiday parades two additional colours are paraded as part of the national colour guard.
  Honorary Colour of the Armed Forces and Ministry of National Defence: Red with armed forces emblem
  Colour of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the MND and ROKAF: Purple