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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.
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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]
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. He composed "Aegukka" — the national anthem of the country — and "Song of General Kim Il-sung", in addition to ...
North Korea has released a new song praising leader Kim Jong Un for being a "friendly father" and a "great leader", in a move that appears to be part of a propaganda drive to enhance his standing ...
Music video features North Koreans of different backgrounds belting out lines such as: ‘Let’s brag about Kim Jong-un, a friendly father’ North Korea debuts propaganda song praising ...
" Aegukga" (Korean: 애국가; Hanja: 愛國歌), often translated as "The Patriotic Song", is the national anthem of South Korea. It was adopted in 1948, the year the country's government was founded.