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.
6-607: 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 . 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. Initially formed by graduates of
12-491: A presidential order (No. 9628; ｢한국민족문화대백과사전 편찬사업 추진위원회 규정｣ ) was issued to begin work on compiling a national encyclopedia. Work began on compiling the encyclopedia on March 18, 1980. It began publishing books in 1991. The encyclopedia's first version was completed, with 28 volumes, in 1995. It continued to be revised beginning in 1996. In 2001, the digital edition EncyKorea was published on CD-ROM and DVD . It launched an online version in 2007. A second push to update
18-467: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Encyclopedia of Korean Culture The Encyclopedia of Korean Culture is a Korean-language encyclopedia published by the Academy of Korean Studies and DongBang Media Co. It was originally published as physical books from 1991 to 2001. There is now an online version of the encyclopedia that continues to be updated. On September 25, 1979,
24-539: The Gwangju Uprising . 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 . 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 . This Korean history -related article
30-789: 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
36-484: The encyclopedia concluded in 2017. The articles in the encyclopedia are aimed at readers who want to learn about Korean culture and history, and were written by over 3,800 scholars and expert contributors who are mainly associated with the Academy of Korean Studies. It has been described as one of the most frequently used encyclopedias for Korean studies, as well as one of the most extensive. The terminology used in
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