Pak Se-yŏng

Pak Se-yong (; 7 July 1902 – 28 February 1989) was a North Korean poet and politician, best known for writing the lyrics of "Aegukka", the national anthem of North Korea.

Early life Pak was a native of Dumo-ri, outer Old Seoul in what is now Seongdong District, Seoul, South Korea. In Shanghai, he worked as the China correspondent for Yeomgunsa (焰群社), a socialist cultural organization that was formed in Korea by Song Young, Lee Ho, and Lee Jeok-hyo, whose aim was to research and distribute culture that liberates the proletariat. allegedly as a result of the foreign occupation of the south, shattering his hopes. His other famous song was The Glorious Motherland.