New Military Group

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The New Military Group was a South Korean military faction that seized power in a 1979 coup and became the authoritarian force later confronted by the May 18 Democratic Uprising in Gwangju.

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New Military Group canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South Korean military faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 1980s ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs New Military Group (Sin’gunbu) ⓘ
cameToPowerAfter assassination of Park Chung-hee ⓘ
confrontedBy South Korean pro-democracy activists ⓘ
citizens of Gwangju ⓘ
country South Korea ⓘ
countryOfActivity Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: South Korea
governedAs military junta ⓘ
governmentFormWhileInPower de facto military dictatorship ⓘ
historicalContext post-Park Chung-hee political crisis ⓘ
ideology authoritarianism ⓘ
military rule ⓘ
involvedIn political repression in South Korea ⓘ
languageOfCountry Korean ⓘ
locationOfActivity Gwangju ⓘ
Seoul ⓘ
notableEvent martial law expansion in 1980 ⓘ
opposedByEvent Gwangju Uprising ⓘ
May 18 Democratic Uprising ⓘ
politicalPosition right-wing ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
seizedPowerIn Coup of December Twelfth ⓘ
seizedPowerInYear 1979 ⓘ
suppressed May 18 Democratic Uprising ⓘ
pro-democracy movements ⓘ
timeInPowerApproximateEnd early 1980s ⓘ
timeInPowerApproximateStart 1979 ⓘ
typeOfRegime authoritarian military regime ⓘ
usedInstitution Capital Garrison Command ⓘ
Defense Security Command ⓘ
Republic of Korea Army ⓘ

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May 18 Democratic Uprising → opposed → New Military Group ⓘ