The first domestically published score of the country’s national anthem "Aegukga" has been found.

The Seoul-based cultural group Korean Arirang Association said it found the musical score in the issue of art magazine "Yesul Tongsin" published on November 21st, 1945.

The anthem was composed by by Ahn Eak-tae in 1935 in Berlin but wasn't played in Korea until December 1945.

The oldest musical score of Aegukga found so far is one published by the United States in 1935. The second oldest is the one carried in a document published by the Korean government-in-exile in 1941 Shanghai, China.