In many English-speaking countries, the song Auld Lang Syne is associated with farewelling the past year. The lyrics originally formed a poem written in Scots, an early Scottish language or ...

The 12-second clip, apparently showing a crowd singing "Aegukga" as they release red, silver and black balloons, was shared on YouTube on March 1. Red is the symbolic colour of the country's ...

The 12-second clip, apparently showing a crowd singing "Aegukga" as they release red, silver and black balloons, was shared ...

South Korea’s national anthem is a song called ‘Aegukga’ with a fascinating history, and links to the country’s northern neighbour. South Korea, officially called the Republic of Korea, is a country ...

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The Aegukga, translated as 'The Patriotic Song', was adopted in 1948, the year the country was founded. However, its lyrics date back to the 1890s. The anthem was originally set to the popular ...

The national anthem, "Aegukga," was played at every medal ceremony, covering the men's and women's individual and team events. For this year's Tokyo Olympics, a fifth event, the mixed team, has been ...

It was unimaginable to erase the flag in the hearts of the Korean people. For the same reason, we must not change Aegukga, the national anthem. No matter who composed the song and wrote the lyrics, it ...

The speech on Aug. 15 by Kim Won-woong, president of the Heritage of Korean Independence (HKI), marking the 75th year of the country’s liberation from the Japanese colonial rule went too far. In a ...