Why do North Korea have a logo with the sickle and hammer perpendicular instead of the regular sickle and hammer like USSR, China, Vietnam and other neighbouring communist countries? - Quora
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Pyongyang / DPR Korea - November 11, 2015: Monument to Party Founding in Pyongyang, North Korea. Hammer, sickle and brush symbolize the workers, farme Stock Photo - Alamy
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Hammer sickle and calligraphy brush depicted in the Monument to Party Founding in North Korea Stock Photo - Alamy
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The hammer,sickle and writing brush form the Workers Party Monument, Pyongyang, North Korea PUBLICATIONxI
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Pyongyang / DPR Korea - November 11, 2015: Monument to Party Founding in Pyongyang, North Korea. Hammer, sickle and brush symbolize the workers, farme Stock Photo - Alamy
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