Order of National Security Merit (Korea)
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The Order of National Security Merit (Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...

: 보국훈장) is one of the Republic of Korea's (South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

) Orders of Merit. It is conferred on individuals who have rendered distinguished service to national security, and is primarily a military award.

The order is divided into five classes:
1 Tong-il Medal 통일장 picture
2 Gugseon Medal 국선장 picture
3 Cheon-Su Medal 천수장 picture
4 Sam IL Medal 삼일장 picture
5 Gwangbog Medal 광복장 picture

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Pictures of the medals and ribbons (copyrights uncertain):
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