Patriotism is cultural attachment to one's homeland or devotion to one's
country. It is a set of concepts closely related to those of nationalism. Patriotism
is generally used to describe two phenomena: the attitude that the members of a
nation have when they care about their national identity, ,md the actions that the
members of a nation take when seeking to achieve self-deternlination. The patriots
and veterans policies arc designed to promote the spirit of patriotism and
contribute to national development. The extent to which an youth is expected to
share social responsibilities is one large detemining factor in nonnative youth
behavior. This study analyzed the consciousness of patriotism of korean, american,
Japanese and chinese youths. This study shows that youths in Korea are weaker
than the concepts of state and history of youths in China. In Korea, in spite of
high educational level and academic achievement, the competence to have the
concepts of state and history is comparatively low because the school education is
not directly connected with concepts of state and history. To enhance the youths'
patriotism, the korean government ought to prepare comprehensive and integrative
plan to cultivate next generation.