Aegukga

"The [South Korean] national anthem conveys no republican ideals at all, referring only to the ancient race and homeland."

"[P]eople here [in South Korea] do not identify strongly with their state. No public holiday celebrates it, neither the flag nor the coat of arms nor the anthem conveys republican or non-ethnic values, no statues of presidents stand in major cities. Few people can even tell you the year in which the state was founded."