DECEMBER 16, 2024 — The 7th National Flag Day is being celebrated in Nepal today, Setopati reports, commemorating the recognition of the national flag by the United Nations in 1962. A procession featuring the national flag of Nepal was held at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu to mark the occasion. Rajananda Mandavya, the founder of…
DECEMBER 11, 2024 — An upside-down Malaysian flag was displayed on national badminton player Lee Zii Jia’s jersey during his opening match at the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals, the Star reports. The incident occurred during his victory over Taiwan’s Chou Tien Chen today, according to Free Malaysia Today. Victor, the official sponsor of Lee…
DECEMBER 4, 2024 — The United States Space Force officially activated its first unit in Japan today, according to reporting by UPI. The unit’s inauguration ceremony, held Wednesday at Yokota Air Base, coincided with the unveiling of its unit flag. According to the Mainichi Shimbun, approximately 300 attendees, including representatives from the U.S. military, Japan’s…
NOVEMBER 25, 2024 — A massive flag featuring a collage of over 6,000 portraits has been installed in Busan, South Korea, as part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) on plastic pollution, Down To Earth reports. The 30×24-meter flag, held aloft by a 10-story crane, serves as a reminder to attending…
NOVEMBER 24, 2024 — Tajikistan celebrated National Flag Day today with a statement from President Emomali Rahmon highlighting the flag’s significance as a symbol of sovereignty, unity, and national identity, Khovar reports. The day commemorates the adoption of the national flag in 1992, following the country’s independence. In his address, President Rahmon described the flag…
NOVEMBER 24, 2024 — Bangladesh Nationalist Party Standing Committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan has urged the government to officially designate March 2 as “National Flag Day,” the Dhaka Tribune reports. Speaking at a protest rally organized by Hridoye Pataka 2 March at the National Press Club, Khan expressed his astonishment that, even 53 years after…
NOVEMBER 23, 2024 — The ongoing peace negotiations between the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) (NSCN-IM) and the Government of India continue to face challenges, with the demand for a separate Naga flag and constitution emerging as a key point of contention, Hornbill TV reports. The NSCN-IM, a separatist group primarily active in northeastern…
NOVEMBER 18, 2024 — Today, Uzbekistan celebrates 33 years since the adoption of its State Flag, a key national symbol enshrined by law shortly after the country’s independence in 1991, Podrobno.uz reports. As part of the celebrations, the record-breaking hundred-meter-long national flag of Uzbekistan arrived in Tashkent, having journeyed from Khorezm and stopping in various…
NOVEMBER 15, 2024 — A monumental 100-meter-long national flag of Uzbekistan has commenced its journey from the historic Ichon-Qal’a open-air museum in Khorezm, making its way to Tashkent, reports Podrobno.uz. The journey began on November 13, and the flag is expected to arrive in the capital on November 18, coinciding with the anniversary of the…
NOVEMBER 15, 2024 — A red flag with Malaysia’s national flag (Jalur Gemilang) in its canton, seen flying on fishing boats in Pangkor Island, has gone viral online, drawing debate and controversy, Guang Ming Daily reports. Initially misinterpreted as a foreign flag, particularly associated with China, the flag turned out to be Malaysia’s civil ensign,…