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" Aegukka" (Chosŏn'gŭl: 애국가), officially translated as "Patriotic Song", [2] is the national anthem of 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. Performance of this anthem is prohibited in South Korea under the National Security ...
As a part of an ongoing cult of personality, the song praising Kim Il Sung, North Korea's "Eternal President", who died in 1994, is still widely played in the country. It is often considered to be the de facto national anthem in North Korea. The song is a four-square march. It features paired two bar phrases in an A-B-A form, [1] with dotted ...
Some of the symbols of North Korea—the national emblem, flag, anthem and capital—are defined in the constitution of North Korea, while others such, as the national sport Ssirum or the national dish kimchi, are traditional. Some traditional symbols are shared with the South but with different connotations.
"Aegukga" in itself is differentiated from a national anthem. While a national anthem or gukga (lit. ' country song ') is an official symbol of the state, aegukga refers to any song, official or unofficial, that contains patriotic fervor towards its country, such as Hungary's "Szózat" or the U.S. "The Stars and Stripes Forever". However, the ...
Chapter 7 of the Socialist Constitution consists of four articles that designate the national symbols of North Korea. Article 169 provides descriptions for the national emblem, while Article 170 provides descriptions for the national flag. Article 171 states that Aegukka as the national anthem. Article 172 states that Pyongyang is the national ...
An image shared on Instagram purports to show a TRUTH Social post from President Donald Trump depicting a united Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Verdict: False The purported image ...
Kim Won-gyun (Korean: 김원균; 2 January 1917 – 5 April 2002) [4] was a North Korean composer and politician. He is considered one of the most prominent, [5] if not the most celebrated, [6] composer of North Korea.
After the division of Korea in 1945 and the establishment of North Korea in 1948, revolutionary song-writing traditions were channeled into support for the state, eventually becoming a style of patriotic song called taejung kayo (대중가요) in the 1980s [6] combining classical Western symphonic music, the Soviet socialist realism style, and Korean traditional musical forms. [7]