New Zealanders now have a clear choice for a new flag, Deputy Prime Minister Bill English said Tuesday after the final result of last month's referendum on five possible alternatives.
The massive earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 this year turned the historical Basantapur Durbar Square in the capital into a bleak and dreary area within seconds, with the ancient premises filled with majestic structures and temples transformed into rubble and then dust.
Burning or desecrating an Australian flag could become illegal in the state of Victoria, under a new bill drafted in parliament on Thursday.
The governor of U.S. state of South Carolina, Nikki Harley, signed on Thursday afternoon a bill on the removal of the controversial Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds amid heated debates over the symbolism of the flag that belonged to the pro-slavery side in the U.S. Civil War.
Fiji will change its national flag as the colonial symbols on the current one are no longer relevant, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama confirmed Tuesday.
Thousands of Nepali youths from all walks of life gathered early Saturday morning in a square in Kathmandu in an attempt to form the world's largest flag and to spread the message of unity and brotherhood among all Nepali people.
If you want your country to seem wealthy, then you could try putting more white in your national flag but avoid green, according to New Zealand research. A University of Canterbury study of the popularity of all the color combinations of flags for 194 sovereign countries found the more white in the flag, the higher the per capita GDP, while green was associated with poverty. The New Zealand flag used the most common combination of three
Fiji's new national flag which will be designed this year will focus on uniting the island nation, the prime minister's office Thursday.
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