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1980s group of South Korean military officers headed by Chun Doo-hwan
Hanahoe
(
Korean
:
하나회
;
lit.
Group of One) was an unofficial private group and
secret society
of
military
officers in
South Korea
headed by
Chun Doo-hwan
, who later became the
South Korean president
during the
Fifth Republic
era.
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History
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An article in the
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
traces the group's origins to the private group Chilsonghoe (
칠성회
;
七星會
;
lit.
Seven Star Society) in 1958 that was formed by seven people, including Chun Doo-hwan,
Roh Tae-woo
, and
Chung Ho-yong
.
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The group was an expansion of the group Osunghoe (
오성회
;
五星會
), formed in 1951, which had five members-Roh, Chun, Kim Bok-dong, Choi Sung-taek, Park Byung-ha, and Chilsonghoe included two more members-Jung Ho-yong and Kwon Yik-hyon.
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Initially formed by graduates of the eleventh class of the
Korea Military Academy
in 1955, Hanahoe built up its ranks by recruiting three to four members per subsequent classes of the KMA, mostly from
Gyeongsangdo
. Hanahoe formed the core of the group that eventually took control of the presidency and government from
Choi Kyu-hah
in the
December 12
, 1979 and the
Coup d'etat of May Seventeenth
, 1980, ending the
Fourth Republic
. Subsequently, Hanahoe also played an instrumental role in violent suppression of the
Gwangju Uprising
.
[
citation needed
]
After its initial seizure of power, Hanahoe maintained great influence in
South Korean politics
throughout the 1980s, but was later disbanded by force in 1993 upon inauguration of
Kim Young-sam
, and
Chun Doo-hwan
and
Roh Tae-Woo
, together with other members of Hanahoe, were convicted for their role in the two coups and
Gwangju Massacre
.
[
citation needed
]
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