The Order of Science and Technology Merit

• Time Period: Post-WW2
• Institution: 8 January 2001
• Country: South Korea

The Order of Science and Technology Merit (과학기술훈장 in Korean) is one of the South Korea’s Orders of Merit, awarded to those who have rendered outstanding meritorious services in the interest of improving the science and technology.

This Order is mostly a newly organized order of the Republic of Korea. Before that order was established, the Order of Industrial Service Merit had been bestowed to scientists and technologists.

The Order of Science and Technology Merit is conferred in the following five classes:

• Changjo (Creation) 창조장
• Hyeoksin (Reformation) 혁신장
• Ungbi (Great Achievement) 웅비장
• Doyak (Leap) 도약장
• Jinbo (Progress) 진보장

The Order of Science and Technology Merit Design

The ribbon of the Order is light blue with white stripes on the sides depending on the class.