Meaning of Hanahoe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A secret society within the Republic of Korea Army led by Chun Doo-hwan from 1963 to 1993, which overthrew the Fourth Republic and was heavily involved in politics of the Fifth Republic of Korea.
   historical, uncountable

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Examples

“Kim also reshaped civil-military relations. He chose an army chief of staff who was known to be without political aspirations and was not from the elite Hanahoe faction of the Korean Military Academy, whose members had intruded on politics in the past”

“Like most businesses, in the army promotions are based on performance. Those in the military who fall short of expectations or have bad track records eventually fail to rise in the ranks. But Mr. Shin apparently failed because he was a member of Hanahoe, a secret brotherhood that all but ran the army’s officer corps for 20 years.”

“Park sponsored a select group of Korea Military Academy graduates called the Hanahoe (‘Group One’) to become his personal praetorian guard within the military.”

“To answer that question, we need to consider Hanahoe, as Chun’s clique was called, as well as Chun’s position at the head of the DSC.”

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