Oungum
{{Short description|North Korean stringed musical instrument}}
{{Infobox Instrument
| name = Oungum
| names = oungum, eoeungeum
| image = Childrens Orchestra (6647193987) crop.jpg
| image_capt = Oungum players at the Children's Palace, Pyongyang.
| background = string
| classification = String instrument
| hornbostel_sachs = 321.322-6
| hornbostel_sachs_desc = Chordophone with permanently attached resonator and neck, sounded by a plectrum
| developed = 1960's
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| related = * Bipa
}}
The eoeungeum or oungum ({{Korean|hangul=어은금}}) is a stringed musical instrument invented and played in North Korea. It is between the size of a mandolin and a mandola, and commonly has four single strings. It is a development in the 1960's from the traditional Korean instrument called hyangbipa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-music-idUSBRE92O04720130325|title=North Korean leader Kim sings military's praises, oungum-style|date=25 March 2013|access-date=25 November 2021|website=Reuters.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://kfausa.org/quality-national-musical-instruments-are-produced/|title=Quality National Musical Instruments Are Produced|website=Kfausa.org|date=12 January 2021|access-date=25 November 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.kut.edu.kp/index.php/page/index?si=19|title=김책공업종합대학|website=Kut.edu.kp|access-date=25 November 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://kkfonline.com/2021/05/06/performance-of-art-groups-of-kpa-servicemens-families-enjoyed/|title=Performance of Art Groups of KPA Servicemen's Families Enjoyed |website=Kkfonline.com|access-date=25 November 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://kkfonline.com/2020/09/13/story-about-oungum/|title=Story about Oungum |website=Kkfonline.com|access-date=25 November 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=5307750|title=[미니 대담] 북한이 개량한 '어은금' 어떤 악기?|website=News.kbs.co.kr|access-date=25 November 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=2896389|title=[북한영상] '어린 동무 노래부르자'|website=News.kbs.co.kr|access-date=25 November 2021}}{{cite book |last= Howard|first= Keith|author-link= |date= 2020|title= Songs for "Great Leaders": Ideology and Creativity in North Korean Music and Dance|url= https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190077518.001.0001/oso-9780190077518|location= |publisher= |page= |doi= 10.1093/oso/9780190077518.001.0001|isbn=9780190077518}}https://atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/far_east.htm#korea Atlas of Plucked Instruments: Korea{{Excessive inline|date=July 2024}}