Hanahoe (Korean하나회; 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.[4]

Group of One
하나회
하나會
LeaderChun Doo-hwan
Roh Tae-woo
FounderChun Doo-hwan
Founded1963 (1963)
Dissolved1993 (1993)
Membership
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[2][3]
Hanahoe
Hangul
하나회
Hanja
하나
Revised RomanizationHanahoe
McCune–ReischauerHanahoe

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.[5] 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.[6]

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 Gyeongsang Province. 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'état 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.[7] 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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References

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  1. ^ 조희연, ed. (2008). 복합적 갈등 속 의 한국 민주주의: '정치적 독점' 의 변형 연구. 한울 아카데미. p. 155.
  2. ^ 정주신, ed. (2009). 한국 의 민주화 와 군부 정권 퇴진. 프리마 Books. p. 440.
  3. ^ 사회평론, ed. (1996). 사회평론길・ - 73-76호. 사회평론. p. 166.
  4. ^ "hanahoead".
  5. ^ 김, 정한, "신군부 (新軍部)", 한국민족문화대백과사전 [Encyclopedia of Korean Culture] (in Korean), Academy of Korean Studies, retrieved 2024-04-12
  6. ^ "육사·하나회·쿠데타 질긴 인연 전두환과 노태우…죽음도 '추종'". NewsPim. 2021-11-23.
  7. ^ Han, DongMin (8 March 2024). "[오늘의 역사 번외] 부패군인 향한 김영삼의 결단 '하나회 숙청'". 인천투데이 (in Korean). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  8. ^ Kwon, Hyuk-chul (2023). "How Chun Doo-hwan seized power in a coup — and why it's unlikely to happen now". Hankyoreh. Retrieved 5 December 2023.