Aegukka
"Aegukka" (Chosŏn'gŭl: 애국가; lit. 'Song of Patriotism'), officially translated as "Patriotic Song", is the national anthem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea. It was composed in 1945 as a patriotic song celebrating independence from Japanese occupation and was adopted as the state anthem in 1947.
| English: Patriotic Song | |
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| 애국가 | |
Sheet music atop North Korean state emblem | |
National anthem of North Korea | |
| Also known as | (English: Song of a Devotion to a Country) |
| Lyrics | Pak Se-yong, 1946 |
| Music | Kim Won-gyun, 1945 |
| Adopted | 1947 |
| Audio sample | |
Instrumental recording by the Korean People's Army Band c. 2000s
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Similar to "Auferstanden aus Ruinen", the former national anthem of the former German Democratic Republic, more commonly known as the former East Germany, being banned in the Federal Republic of Germany, particularly having been banned in the former West Germany and still being banned in the reunified Germany, performance of this anthem is strictly prohibited in the Republic of Korea, more commonly known as South Korea, under the National Security Act.