{{Short description|South Korean order of merit}} {{Infobox order |title=Order of Service Merit |image= |caption= |awarded_by={{KOR}} |type=Order of merit |established= |eligibility= {{flatlist| *Public officials *Private school teachers *Special post office employees}} |for=''Outstanding meritorious services by applying himself/herself to his/her duties.'' |status=Active |grades= Blue Stripes<br>Yellow Stripes<br>Red Stripes<br>Green Stripes<br>Aquamarine Stripes |former_grades= |first_induction= |last_induction= |total= |recipients= |individual= |higher= Grand Order of Mugunghwa |related= {{flatlist| * 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 * Service Merit Medal * Exemplary Public Official Medal}} }} {{Infobox Korean name/auto |title= Korean name |hangul= ^근정_훈장 |hanja= 勤政勳章 }} The '''Order of Service Merit''' ({{Korean|hangul=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."<ref>{{Cite act|title=Awards and Decorations Act|number=11690|date=March 23, 2013|url=https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/lawView.do?hseq=28003&lang=ENG}}(in English and Korean) ''Korea Legislation Research Institute.'' Retrieved 2018-02-16.</ref>
==Grades== The Order of Service Merit is divided into five grades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanghun.go.kr/nation/information/posangInfo3.do|title=훈장과 포장|date=2015|website=Decorations of the Republic of Korea|publisher=Ministry of Interior and Safety|language=ko|trans-title=Orders and Medals|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Grade !Name !Ribbon |- |1st |Blue Stripes (청조) |100px|center |- |2nd |Yellow Stripes (황조) |100px|center |- |3rd |Red Stripes (홍조) |100px|center |- |4th |Green Stripes (녹조) |100px|center |- |5th |Aquamarine Stripes (옥조) |100px|center |}
==Notable recipients== {{Div col|colwidth=15em|rules=|gap=4em}} * Ban Ki-moon * Cristian Barros * Wallace M. Greene * Thanat Khoman * Kim Duck-soo * Victor H. Krulak * Yeon Cheon Oh {{Div col end}}
== See also == * Orders, decorations, and medals of South Korea
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.sanghun.go.kr/nation/hunjangDetail.html#tab5 Images of the Order of Service Merit] (in Korean with some English)
{{Honors and decorations of South Korea}} Service Merit