aegukga

(n), (u)
a behavioral characteristic that is found in people of Korean descent, that makes their country blindly and subserviently depend on the help or support of a stronger country in order to exist or be successful

In the latter part of the nineteenth century, aegukga split into pro-Chinese, pro-Japanese and pro-Russian factions struggling for supremacy over the others. As a result, Korea gave its sovereignty to the dominant regional power of the period, Japan.