A wireless communication terminal for identifying types of received short messages using indicator icons, and a method for displaying indicator icons using the same. The wireless communication terminal comprises a storage unit for storing indicator icons corresponding respectively to types of serviceable short messages such that they are identifiable according to the types of the serviceable short messages, a display unit for displaying the indicator icons corresponding respectively to the types of the short messages on a screen, a communication unit for communicating with an external communications device and receiving a short message transmitted from the external device, a determiner for determining a type of the short message received by the communication unit on the basis of the indicator icons stored in the storage unit, and a controller for extracting one of the indicator icons corresponding to the determined short message type from the storage unit and controlling the display unit to display the extracted indicator icon on the screen.