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Aegukka (North Korea)
"Aegukka" means "patriotic song". In Korean the word can name any song of patriotic feeling, official or not, as distinct from a gukka, an official national anthem; in general use it came to stand for the national anthem of North Korea. It is also known by its opening words and as the "Song of a Devotion to a Country".
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Aegukka (North Korea). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/aegukka
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