Aegukka

Aegukka
English: Patriotic Song
애국가
	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
	"Aegukka" file; help;

"Aegukka" (Korean: 애국가; say: eh-GООK-gah), officially translated as "Patriotic Song", is the national anthem of North Korea. To celebrate the country's independence from Japan, it was written by Pak Se-yong and composed by Kim Won-gyun, then it was adopted in 1947 shortly after.^[1]

It should not be confused with South Korea's national anthem, which has the same name but uses a different romanisation scheme. It is sometimes also known by the first bit of the song, "Achhimŭn pinnara" (아침은 빛나라), meaning "Let Morning Shine".

↑ Hoare, James (2012). Historical dictionary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6151-0. OCLC 744300599.

[1] Hoare, James (2012). Historical dictionary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6151-0. OCLC 744300599.

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