Order of Service Merit

The Order of Service Merit (Korean: 근정훈장) is one of South Korea's orders of merit. It is awarded by the President of South Korea to public officials, private school teachers, and special post office employees for "outstanding meritorious services by applying himself/herself to his/her duties."^[1]

Order of Service Merit
Awarded by  South Korea
Type	Order of merit
Eligibility	Public officials Private school teachers Special post office employees
Awarded for	Outstanding meritorious services by applying himself/herself to his/her duties.
Status	Active
Grades	Blue Stripes Yellow Stripes Red Stripes Green Stripes Aquamarine Stripes
Precedence
Next (higher)	Grand Order of Mugunghwa
Related	Order of National Foundation Order of Civil Merit Order of Military Merit Order of National Security Merit Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Order of Industrial Service Merit Order of Saemaeul Service Merit Order of Cultural Merit Order of Sports Merit Order of Science and Technology Merit

Korean name
Hangul	근정훈장
Hanja	勤政勳章
Revised Romanization	Geunjeonghunjang
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭnjŏnghunjang

Grades

The Order of Service Merit is divided into five grades.^[2]

Grade	Name	Ribbon
1st	Blue Stripes (청조)
2nd	Yellow Stripes (황조)
3rd	Red Stripes (홍조)
4th	Green Stripes (녹조)
5th	Aquamarine Stripes (옥조)

Notable recipients

• Ban Ki-moon
• Cristian Barros
• Wallace M. Greene
• Thanat Khoman
• Kim Duck-soo
• Victor H. Krulak
• Yeon Cheon Oh

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of South Korea