# Order of Service Merit

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{{Short description|South Korean order of merit}}
{{Infobox order
|title=Order of Service Merit
|image=
|caption=
|awarded_by={{KOR}}
|type=[Order of merit](/source/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](/source/Grand_Order_of_Mugunghwa)
|related=  
{{flatlist|
* [Order of National Foundation](/source/Order_of_Merit_for_National_Foundation)
* [Order of Civil Merit](/source/Order_of_Civil_Merit_(Korea))
* [Order of Military Merit](/source/Order_of_Military_Merit_(Korea)) 
* [Order of National Security Merit](/source/Order_of_National_Security_Merit_(Korea)) 
* [Order of Diplomatic Service Merit](/source/Order_of_Diplomatic_Service_Merit) 
* [Order of Industrial Service Merit](/source/Order_of_Industrial_Service_Merit) 
* [Order of Saemaeul Service Merit](/source/Order_of_Saemaeul_Service_Merit) 
* [Order of Cultural Merit](/source/Order_of_Cultural_Merit_(Korea)) 
* [Order of Sports Merit](/source/Order_of_Sports_Merit) 
* [Order of Science and Technology Merit](/source/Order_of_Science_and_Technology_Merit)
* [Service Merit Medal](/source/Service_Merit_Medal) 
* [Exemplary Public Official Medal](/source/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](/source/South_Korea)'s [orders](/source/Order_(distinction)) of merit. It is awarded by the [President of South Korea](/source/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](/source/Ban_Ki-moon)
* [Cristian Barros](/source/Cristi%C3%A1n_Barros)
* [Wallace M. Greene](/source/Wallace_M._Greene)
* [Thanat Khoman](/source/Thanat_Khoman)
* [Kim Duck-soo](/source/Kim_Duck-soo)
* [Victor H. Krulak](/source/Victor_H._Krulak)
* [Yeon Cheon Oh](/source/Yeon_Cheon_Oh)
{{Div col end}}

== See also ==
* [Orders, decorations, and medals of South Korea](/source/Orders%2C_decorations%2C_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

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