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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>Flag of Ukraine</b> (<a href=\"/wiki/Ukrainian_language\" title=\"Ukrainian language\">Ukrainian</a>: <span lang=\"uk\">Прапор України</span>, <small><a href=\"/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian\" title=\"Romanization of Ukrainian\">romanized</a>: </small><span title=\"Ukrainian-language romanization\"><i lang=\"uk-Latn\">Prapor Ukrainy</i></span>) consists of equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]</a></sup> As a <a href=\"/wiki/National_flag\" title=\"National flag\">national flag</a>, the blue and yellow bicolour has been used since the <a href=\"/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848\" title=\"Revolutions of 1848\">1848 Spring of Nations</a>, when it was hoisted over <a href=\"/wiki/Lviv_Town_Hall\" title=\"Lviv Town Hall\">Lviv Town Hall</a>. It was officially adopted as a state flag for the first time in 1918 by the short-lived <a href=\"/wiki/West_Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic\" title=\"West Ukrainian People's Republic\">West Ukrainian People's Republic</a> and subsequently used by the <a href=\"/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic\" title=\"Ukrainian People's Republic\">Ukrainian People's Republic</a>, just before <a href=\"/wiki/World_War_II\" title=\"World War II\">World War II</a> it was also adopted by <a href=\"/wiki/Carpatho-Ukraine\" title=\"Carpatho-Ukraine\">Carpatho-Ukraine</a> in March 1939.\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of <a href=\"/wiki/Vanuatu\" title=\"Vanuatu\">Vanuatu</a></b> (<a href=\"/wiki/Bislama\" title=\"Bislama\">Bislama</a>: <span title=\"Bislama-language romanization\"><i lang=\"bi-Latn\">flaeg blong Vanuatu</i></span>) was adopted on 18 February 1980.<sup id=\"cite_ref-FotW_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-FotW-1\">[1]</a></sup>\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>Flag of Niger</b> (<a href=\"/wiki/French_language\" title=\"French language\">French</a>: <i lang=\"fr\">drapeau du Niger</i>) has been the national symbol of the <a href=\"/wiki/Republic_of_the_Niger\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Republic of the Niger\">Republic of the Niger</a> since 1959, a year prior to its formal independence from <a href=\"/wiki/French_West_Africa\" title=\"French West Africa\">French West Africa</a>. It uses the national colors of orange, white and green, in equal horizontal bands, with an orange <a href=\"/wiki/Roundel\" title=\"Roundel\">roundel</a> in the center. The flag forms one of the official national symbols of the Republic of Niger, with the <a href=\"/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Niger\" title=\"Coat of arms of Niger\">coat of arms of Niger</a>, the National Anthem (\"<a href=\"/wiki/La_Nig%C3%A9rienne\" title=\"La Nigérienne\">la Nigérienne</a>\"), the coat of arms, and the <a href=\"/wiki/Motto\" title=\"Motto\">motto</a>: \"<i>Fraternité, Travail, Progrès</i>\". These form Article 1 of the first part of the 1999 <a href=\"/wiki/Constitution_of_Niger\" title=\"Constitution of Niger\">Constitution of Niger</a>.\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b><a href=\"/wiki/Flag\" title=\"Flag\">flag</a> of the <a href=\"/wiki/Nigeria\" title=\"Nigeria\">Federal Republic of Nigeria</a></b> was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on 1 October 1960.\nThe flag has three vertical bands of green, white, green. The two \ngreen stripes represent natural wealth, and the white represents peace and unity.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]</a></sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-:0_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:0-2\">[2]</a></sup>\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of <a href=\"/wiki/Niue\" title=\"Niue\">Niue</a></b> was adopted on 15 October 1975. It consists of the <a href=\"/wiki/Union_Jack\" title=\"Union Jack\">Union Jack</a> in the upper left corner with a star in the middle of the Union Jack and four stars forming a diamond around it. It is very unusual for a flag based on a <a href=\"/wiki/British_ensign\" title=\"British ensign\">British ensign</a> design, in having not only a yellow background, but also a <a href=\"/wiki/Defacement_(flag)\" title=\"Defacement (flag)\">defaced</a> (edited) Union Jack in the <a href=\"/wiki/Canton_(flag)\" title=\"Canton (flag)\">canton</a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]</a></sup> It was designed by <a href=\"/wiki/Patricia_Rex\" title=\"Patricia Rex\">Patricia Rex</a>, the wife of the then-Premier <a href=\"/wiki/Robert_Rex\" title=\"Robert Rex\">Robert Rex</a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-RW_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-RW-2\">[2]</a></sup>\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of Norfolk Island</b> is a <a href=\"/wiki/Canadian_pale\" title=\"Canadian pale\">Canadian pale</a> <a href=\"/wiki/Triband_(flag)\" title=\"Triband (flag)\">triband</a> consisting of green, white, and green bands <a href=\"/wiki/Charge_(heraldry)\" title=\"Charge (heraldry)\">charged</a> with a green <a href=\"/wiki/Norfolk_Island_pine\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Norfolk Island pine\">Norfolk Island pine</a> in the centre. Adopted in 1979 when the islands gained limited <a href=\"/wiki/Self-government\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Self-government\">self-government</a>, it has been the flag of the Territory of <a href=\"/wiki/Norfolk_Island\" title=\"Norfolk Island\">Norfolk Island</a> since 6 June of that year. The pine is native to the territory and is its official tree.\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of North Macedonia</b> is the <a href=\"/wiki/National_flag\" title=\"National flag\">national flag</a> of the <a href=\"/wiki/North_Macedonia\" title=\"North Macedonia\">Republic of North Macedonia</a> and depicts a stylized yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the center to the edge of the field. It was created by <a href=\"/wiki/Miroslav_Gr%C4%8Dev\" title=\"Miroslav Grčev\">Miroslav Grčev</a> and was adopted on 5 October 1995.\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b><a href=\"/wiki/Flag\" title=\"Flag\">flag</a> of the Commonwealth of the <a href=\"/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands\" title=\"Northern Mariana Islands\">Northern Mariana Islands</a></b> was adopted in July 1985, by the Second Northern Marianas Constitution.\nThe NMI flag was originally <a href=\"/wiki/Vexillography\" title=\"Vexillography\">designed</a> by Taga during the year 1985. Later during that year, they finalized the draft of the flag in the last CNMI constitutional convention. This was the most symbolic moment of the annexation of the CNMI.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]</a></sup> \n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of <a href=\"/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea\" title=\"Papua New Guinea\">Papua New Guinea</a></b> (<a href=\"/wiki/Tok_Pisin\" title=\"Tok Pisin\">Tok Pisin</a>: <i>plak bilong Papua Niugini</i>) was adopted on 1 July 1971. In the <a href=\"/wiki/Flag_terminology#Description_of_standard_flag_parts_and_terms\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Flag terminology\">hoist</a>, it depicts the <a href=\"/wiki/Crux\" title=\"Crux\">Southern Cross</a>; in the fly, a <a href=\"/wiki/Raggiana_bird-of-paradise\" title=\"Raggiana bird-of-paradise\">Raggiana bird-of-paradise</a> is silhouetted. The design was chosen through a nationwide design competition in early 1971. The winning designer was <a href=\"/wiki/Susan_Karike\" title=\"Susan Karike\">Susan Karike</a>,<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]</a></sup> who was 15 at the time.\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <a href=\"/wiki/National_flag\" title=\"National flag\">national flag</a> of <a href=\"/wiki/Italy\" title=\"Italy\">Italy</a> (<a href=\"/wiki/Italian_language\" title=\"Italian language\">Italian</a>: <i lang=\"it\">Bandiera d'Italia</i>, <small>Italian: </small><span title=\"Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)\" class=\"IPA\" lang=\"it-fonipa\"><a href=\"/wiki/Help:IPA/Italian\" title=\"Help:IPA/Italian\">[banˈdjɛːra diˈtaːlja]</a></span>), often referred to in Italian as <i>il Tricolore</i> (English: <span lang=\"en\">the Tricolour</span>, <small>Italian: </small><span title=\"Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)\" class=\"IPA\" lang=\"it-fonipa\"><a href=\"/wiki/Help:IPA/Italian\" title=\"Help:IPA/Italian\">[il trikoˈloːre]</a></span>) is a <a href=\"/wiki/Tricolour_(flag)\" title=\"Tricolour (flag)\">tricolour</a> featuring three equally sized vertical <a href=\"/wiki/Pale_(heraldry)\" title=\"Pale (heraldry)\">pales</a> of green, white and red, <a href=\"/wiki/National_colours_of_Italy\" title=\"National colours of Italy\">national colours of Italy</a>, with the green at the hoist side, as defined by article 12 of the <a href=\"/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Italian_Republic\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Constitution of the Italian Republic\">Constitution of the Italian Republic</a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-constitution_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-constitution-1\">[1]</a></sup> The Italian law regulates its use and display, protecting its defense and providing for the <a href=\"/wiki/Flag_desecration\" title=\"Flag desecration\">crime of insulting it</a>; it also prescribes its teaching in Italian schools together with other <a href=\"/wiki/National_symbols_of_Italy\" title=\"National symbols of Italy\">national symbols of Italy</a>.\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of Jamaica</b> was adopted on 6 August 1962 (Jamaican Independence Day), the country having gained independence from the British-protected <a href=\"/wiki/Federation_of_the_West_Indies\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Federation of the West Indies\">Federation of the West Indies</a>. The flag consists of a gold <a href=\"/wiki/Saltire\" title=\"Saltire\">saltire</a>, which divides the flag into four sections: two of them green (top and bottom) and two black (hoist and fly).<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-2\">[2]</a></sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-3\">[3]</a></sup> It is currently the only national flag that does not contain a shade of the colours red, white, or blue.<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-4\">[4]</a></sup>\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <a href=\"/wiki/National_flag\" title=\"National flag\">national flag</a> of <a href=\"/wiki/Japan\" title=\"Japan\">Japan</a> is a rectangular white banner bearing a crimson-red circle at its center. This flag is officially called the <i>Nisshōki</i><span style=\"font-weight: normal\"> (<span title=\"Japanese-language text\"><span lang=\"ja\">日章旗</span></span>, 'flag of sun')</span>, but is more commonly known in Japan as the <i>Hinomaru</i><span style=\"font-weight: normal\"> (<span title=\"Japanese-language text\"><span lang=\"ja\">日の丸</span></span>, 'circle of the sun')</span>. It embodies the country's <a href=\"/wiki/Sobriquet\" title=\"Sobriquet\">sobriquet</a>: the <a href=\"/wiki/Land_of_the_Rising_Sun\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Land of the Rising Sun\">Land of the Rising Sun</a>.\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of <a href=\"/wiki/Jersey\" title=\"Jersey\">Jersey</a></b> is composed of a red <a href=\"/wiki/Saltire\" title=\"Saltire\">saltire</a> on a white field. In the upper quadrant the <a href=\"/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Jersey\" title=\"Coat of arms of Jersey\">badge of Jersey</a> surmounted by a yellow \"<a href=\"/wiki/Plantagenet\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Plantagenet\">Plantagenet</a> <a href=\"/wiki/Crown_(heraldry)\" title=\"Crown (heraldry)\">crown</a>\". The flag was adopted by the <a href=\"/wiki/States_of_Jersey\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"States of Jersey\">States of Jersey</a> on 12 June 1979, <a href=\"/wiki/Royal_proclamation\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Royal proclamation\">proclaimed</a> by <a href=\"/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom\">Queen Elizabeth II</a> on 10 December 1980 and first officially hoisted on 7 April 1981.<sup id=\"cite_ref-fotw_1-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-fotw-1\">[1]</a></sup>\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of <a href=\"/wiki/Jordan\" title=\"Jordan\">Jordan</a></b>, officially adopted on 16 April 1928, is based on the 1916 flag of the <a href=\"/wiki/Arab_Revolt\" title=\"Arab Revolt\">Arab Revolt</a> against the <a href=\"/wiki/Ottoman_Empire\" title=\"Ottoman Empire\">Ottoman Empire</a> during <a href=\"/wiki/World_War_I\" title=\"World War I\">World War I</a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]</a></sup> The flag consists of horizontal black, white, and green bands that are connected by a red <a href=\"/wiki/Flag_terminology\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Flag terminology\">chevron</a>. The colors are the <a href=\"/wiki/Pan-Arab_Colors\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Pan-Arab Colors\">Pan-Arab Colors</a>, respectively representing the <a href=\"/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate\" title=\"Abbasid Caliphate\">Abbasid</a> (black band), <a href=\"/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate\" title=\"Umayyad Caliphate\">Umayyad</a> (white band), and <a href=\"/wiki/Fatimid_Caliphate\" title=\"Fatimid Caliphate\">Fatimid</a> or <a href=\"/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate\" title=\"Rashidun Caliphate\">Rashidun</a> <a href=\"/wiki/Caliphate\" title=\"Caliphate\">caliphates</a> (green band). The red chevron is for the <a href=\"/wiki/Hashemite\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Hashemite\">Hashemite</a> dynasty, and the <a href=\"/wiki/Arab_Revolt\" title=\"Arab Revolt\">Arab Revolt</a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-fotw_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-fotw-2\">[2]</a></sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-worldfacts_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-worldfacts-3\">[3]</a></sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-kinghussein_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-kinghussein-4\">[4]</a></sup>\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of <a href=\"/wiki/Kazakhstan\" title=\"Kazakhstan\">Kazakhstan</a></b> or <b>Kazakh flag</b> (<a href=\"/wiki/Kazakh_language\" title=\"Kazakh language\">Kazakh</a>: <span lang=\"kk\">Қазақстан туы</span>, <span title=\"Kazakh-language text\"><i lang=\"kk-Latn\">Qazaqstan tuy</i></span>; <a href=\"/wiki/Russian_language\" title=\"Russian language\">Russian</a>: <span lang=\"ru\">Флаг Казахстана</span>, <small><a href=\"/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian\" title=\"Romanization of Russian\">romanized</a>: </small><span title=\"Russian-language romanization\"><i lang=\"ru-Latn\">Flag Kazakhstana</i></span>) was adopted on 4 June 1992, replacing the <a href=\"/wiki/Flag_of_the_Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic\" title=\"Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic\">flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic</a>. The flag was designed by <a href=\"/wiki/Shaken_Niyazbekov\" title=\"Shaken Niyazbekov\">Shaken Niyazbekov</a>.\n</p>",
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"country_name": "Kenya",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>Flag of <a href=\"/wiki/Kenya\" title=\"Kenya\">Kenya</a></b> (<a href=\"/wiki/Swahili_language\" title=\"Swahili language\">Swahili</a>: <i lang=\"sw\">Bendera ya Kenya</i>) is a tricolour of black, red, and green with two white edges imposed with a red, white and black <a href=\"/wiki/Maasai_people\" title=\"Maasai people\">Maasai</a> <a href=\"/wiki/Shield\" title=\"Shield\">shield</a> and two crossed <a href=\"/wiki/Spear\" title=\"Spear\">spears</a>. The flag is based on that of <a href=\"/wiki/Kenya_African_National_Union\" title=\"Kenya African National Union\">Kenya African National Union</a> and was officially adopted on 12 December 1963 after <a href=\"/wiki/Kenya\" title=\"Kenya\">Kenya</a>'s independence.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]</a></sup>\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b><a href=\"/wiki/Flag\" title=\"Flag\">flag</a> of <a href=\"/wiki/Kiribati\" title=\"Kiribati\">Kiribati</a></b> (<a href=\"/wiki/Gilbertese\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Gilbertese\">Gilbertese</a>: <i>buraki ni Kiribati</i>) is red in the upper half with a gold <a href=\"/wiki/Frigatebird\" title=\"Frigatebird\">frigatebird</a> (<a href=\"/wiki/Great_frigatebird\" title=\"Great frigatebird\"><i>Fregata minor</i></a>, in <a href=\"/wiki/Gilbertese\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Gilbertese\">Gilbertese</a>: <i>te eitei</i>) flying over a gold rising sun (<i>otintaai</i>), and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the <a href=\"/wiki/Ocean\" title=\"Ocean\">ocean</a> and the three <a href=\"/wiki/Archipelago\" title=\"Archipelago\">archipelagoes</a> (<a href=\"/wiki/Gilbert_Islands\" title=\"Gilbert Islands\">Gilbert</a>, <a href=\"/wiki/Phoenix_Islands\" title=\"Phoenix Islands\">Phoenix</a> and <a href=\"/wiki/Line_Islands\" title=\"Line Islands\">Line Islands</a>). The 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and <a href=\"/wiki/Banaba\" title=\"Banaba\">Banaba</a> (former Ocean Island).\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of North Korea</b>, also known as the <b>Ramhongsaek Konghwagukgi</b> (<a href=\"/wiki/Korean_language\" title=\"Korean language\">Korean</a>: <span lang=\"ko\">람홍색공화국기</span>; literally \"blue and red-coloured flag of the republic\"), sometimes known as the <b>flag of Korea</b>, consists of a central red panel, bordered both above and below by a narrow white stripe and a broad blue stripe.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]</a></sup> The central red panel bears a five-pointed red star within a white circle near the hoist.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Constitution_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Constitution-2\">[2]</a></sup> The flag is banned from public use in <a href=\"/wiki/South_Korea\" title=\"South Korea\">South Korea</a> under the <a href=\"/wiki/National_Security_Act_(South_Korea)\" title=\"National Security Act (South Korea)\">National Security Act</a> due to its association with the ruling North Korean regime, although some exceptions for the usage of the flag exist.<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-3\">[3]</a></sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-4\">[4]</a></sup>\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of <a href=\"/wiki/South_Korea\" title=\"South Korea\">South Korea</a></b>, also known as the <b>Taegukgi</b> (also spelled as <i>Taegeukgi</i>, <abbr title=\"literal translation\">lit.</abbr><span style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"> </span>'<i>Taegeuk</i> flag') and colloquially known as the <b>flag of Korea</b>, has three parts: a white rectangular background, a red and blue <a href=\"/wiki/Taegeuk\" title=\"Taegeuk\">Taegeuk</a> in its center, and four black <a href=\"/wiki/Bagua\" title=\"Bagua\">trigrams</a>, one in each corner. Flags similar to the current Taegeukgi were used as the national flag of Korea by the <a href=\"/wiki/Joseon\" title=\"Joseon\">Joseon</a> dynasty, the <a href=\"/wiki/Korean_Empire\" title=\"Korean Empire\">Korean Empire</a>, and the <a href=\"/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_the_Republic_of_Korea\" title=\"Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea\">Korean government-in-exile during Japanese rule</a>. <a href=\"/wiki/South_Korea\" title=\"South Korea\">South Korea</a> adopted the Taegukgi as its national flag when it gained independence from Japan on 15 August 1945.\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of the Republic of Kosovo</b><sup class=\"reference\" id=\"ref_status\"><a href=\"#endnote_status\">[a]</a></sup> (<a href=\"/wiki/Albanian_language\" title=\"Albanian language\">Albanian</a>: <i lang=\"sq\">flamuri i Republikës së Kosovës</i>, <a href=\"/wiki/Serbian_language\" title=\"Serbian language\">Serbian</a>: <span lang=\"sr\">застава Републике Косово/zastava Republike Kosovo</span>) was adopted by the <a href=\"/wiki/Assembly_of_Kosovo\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Assembly of Kosovo\">Assembly of Kosovo</a> immediately following the <a href=\"/wiki/Unilateral_declaration_of_independence\" title=\"Unilateral declaration of independence\">unilateral</a> <a href=\"/wiki/2008_Kosovo_declaration_of_independence\" title=\"2008 Kosovo declaration of independence\">declaration of independence</a> of <a href=\"/wiki/Kosovo\" title=\"Kosovo\">Kosovo</a><sup id=\"cite_ref-ksdream_2-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-ksdream-2\">[2]</a></sup> of 17 February 2008.<sup id=\"cite_ref-ksdream_2-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-ksdream-2\">[2]</a></sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-ksudi_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-ksudi-3\">[3]</a></sup> The <a href=\"/wiki/Flag\" title=\"Flag\">flag</a> design emerged from an international competition, organized by the <a href=\"/wiki/United_Nations\" title=\"United Nations\">United Nations</a>-backed <a href=\"/wiki/Provisional_Institutions_of_Self-Government\" title=\"Provisional Institutions of Self-Government\">Kosovo Unity Team</a>, which attracted almost one thousand entries.<sup id=\"cite_ref-csm_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-csm-4\">[4]</a></sup> The winning design was proposed by Muhamer Ibrahimi.<sup id=\"cite_ref-ibrahimi_5-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-ibrahimi-5\">[5]</a></sup> It shows six white stars in an arc above a golden map of Kosovo, all on a blue field.<sup id=\"cite_ref-kosovo_press_6-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-kosovo_press-6\">[6]</a></sup> The stars symbolize Kosovo's six major ethnic groups: <a href=\"/wiki/Kosovo_Albanians\" title=\"Kosovo Albanians\">Albanians</a>, <a href=\"/wiki/Kosovo_Serbs\" title=\"Kosovo Serbs\">Serbs</a>, <a href=\"/wiki/Bosniaks_in_Kosovo\" title=\"Bosniaks in Kosovo\">Bosniaks</a>, <a href=\"/wiki/Turks_in_Kosovo\" title=\"Turks in Kosovo\">Turks</a>, <a href=\"/wiki/Romani_people_in_Kosovo\" title=\"Romani people in Kosovo\">Romani</a>, and <a href=\"/wiki/Gorani_(ethnic_group)\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Gorani (ethnic group)\">Gorani</a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Reeves_7-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Reeves-7\">[7]</a></sup>\n</p>",
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"flag_description_html": "<p>The <b>flag of Kuwait</b> (<a href=\"/wiki/Arabic_language\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Arabic language\">Arabic</a>: <span lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">علم الكويت</span>) was adopted on September 7, 1961, and officially hoisted November 24, 1961. Before 1961, the flag of <a href=\"/wiki/Kuwait\" title=\"Kuwait\">Kuwait</a> was red and white, like those of other <a href=\"/wiki/Arab_states_of_the_Persian_Gulf\" title=\"Arab states of the Persian Gulf\">Persian Gulf states</a> at the time, with the field being red and words or charges being written in white. \n</p>",
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"country_name": "Isle of Man",
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