Aegukka

Aegukka (also called Ach'imŭn pinnara, in German: " hymn to patriotism " ) is the national anthem of North Korea. By 1947, North Korea had the same national anthem as South Korea (see Aegukga ) before it assumed the present, newly composed hymn.

Text of Pak Seyong (1902-1989) Melody of Kim Wŏn'gyun (1917-2002)

Latin transcription according to McCune - Reischauer

German translation

* 3000 Korean ( r) i (里) ≈ 1180 km; as approximate distance between the Tumenknie in the far north of Korea, and the southern coast of Jeju in the extreme south a literary term for the whole of Korea.

** To popular dating the "founding of Korea " in the third millennium BC, see the article go Joseon.

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