Hanahoe
Hanahoe ("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. The society established on Korea Military Academy and the members were mostly graduates of the eleventh class of the KMA in 1955. Hanahoe formed the core of the group that eventually took control of the presidency and government from Choi Kyu-hah, ending the Fourth Republic.
Group of One 하나회 하나會 | |
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A commemorative photo taken in front of the 'Defense Security Command' building on December 14, 1979, after the success of Coup d'état of December Twelfth. From the left side of the bottom line, the fourth is Roh Tae-woo and the fifth is Chun Doo-hwan. | |
| Leader | Chun Doo-hwan Roh Tae-woo |
| Founder | Chun Doo-hwan |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Dissolved | 1993 |
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| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Hanahoe | |
| Hangul | 하나회 |
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| Hanja | 하나會 |
| Revised Romanization | Hanahoe |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hanahoe |
After its initial seizure of power on December 12, 1979, this private political organization maintained great influence in South Korean politics throughout the 1980s, but was later disbanded by force when Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-Woo were put on trial in the middle of the 1990s soon after Kim Young-sam became president.