Hanahoe
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| Hanahoe | |
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| Hangul: | 하나회 |
| Hanja: | 하나會 |
| Revised Romanization: | Hanahoe |
Hanahoi (meaning 'of one mind') was a group of military officers in South Korea headed by the former Korean president Chun Doo-hwan and were mostly graduates of the eleventh class of the Korean Military Academy in 1955. Hanahoi formed the core of the group that eventually took control of the presidency and government from Choe Gyuha, a weak president at a time of great political turmoil. After its initial seizure of power on December 12, 1979, this private political organization maintained great influence in 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.
