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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.
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 ...
"Footsteps" (Korean: 발걸음, romanized: Palgŏrŭm) is a North Korean propaganda song dedicated for Kim Jong Un, that appeared before "Onwards Toward the Final Victory". The song was released in 2009 [1] and aired while his father Kim Jong Il) was still alive, before Kim Jong Un had a formal position. [2] The composer is Ri Jong-o . [3]
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]
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’
"Whistle" (Korean: 휘파람) is a North Korean song. The music was composed by Lee Jong-oh and the lyrics were adopted from a poem by national poet Cho Ki-chon (조기천). It was released in 1990 by the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble, and as a single on vinyl in 1991. [1]
This song is listed in songbooks of that time as one of the representative songs, e.g. "조쏘歌曲100曲集 (Korea-Soviet Collection of 100 Songs)" (北朝鮮音樂同盟 (Ed.), 1949). [3] [4] With such a background, this song has been used in principal events of North Korea.