Talk:National anthem of the Korean Empire

Are there any reliable English sources on this?
I have misgivings about the truth of this article – the original text postdates the Japanese dominion by its own admission ("Korean Old National Hymn" makes no sense without a "New National Hymn") and the note is raised in the article that it refers to Korea already in the Japanese style, i.e. as 'Joseon'. I'd be interested in scholarly analysis but I can't read Korean, and the only other source of information is user-submitted content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.247.16.224 (talk) 18:10, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure, Joseon (Chousen in Japanese) was how the Japanese called Korea, but the name is as Korean as Daehan or Goryeo - it comes ultimately from the Gojoseon. It also still today the word used for Korea in North Korea. North Korea is itself officially the Democratic People's Republic of Joseon, and in fact they regard the name Joseon as more Korean than Daehan used by South Korea. And historically, the Chinese-vassal Kingdom of Korea was the Joseon Dynasty Kingdom, while the Daehan (Korean) Empire was the state set up under Japanese sponsorship before complete annexation.
 * Also, the name "Old National Hymn" is I think relative to the national anthems of the modern two Koreas. What is more interesting is that the article before referred to the two old anthem versions as Japanese-vassal era vs. truly independent Korea, while now it claims it's Monarchist vs. Republican which IMHO makes no sense because I seriously doubt anyone was considering a Republic of Korea before the independentist movement that arose during Japanese occupation. - 94.140.73.150 (talk) 18:16, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Addendum: "Chosun" is also the name used by Japanese Koreans and Chinese Koreans to refer to Korea. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 02:09, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

God
Which God are the lyrics referring to? Or is it non-denominational? – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 04:16, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Fifteen million?
The hanja at least say 50 million: 五千萬 = 5 × 1000 × 10000. David Marjanović (talk) 17:44, 24 May 2020 (UTC)