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What is this South Korean rocket and why does it have separate yellow and blue exhaust plumes?
That's KSLV-2 aka Nuri. The first stage uses kerolox gas generator engines so the brighter flame is almost certainly ignited fuel-rich gas generator exhaust.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuri_(rocket)...
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