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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instanceOf South Korean military faction
activeInPeriod early 1980s
late 1970s
alsoKnownAs New Military Group (Sin’gunbu) NERFINISHED
cameToPowerAfter assassination of Park Chung-hee
confrontedBy South Korean pro-democracy activists
citizens of Gwangju
country South Korea
countryOfActivity Republic of Korea NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Seoul NERFINISHED
notableEvent martial law expansion in 1980
opposedByEvent Gwangju Uprising NERFINISHED
May 18 Democratic Uprising NERFINISHED
politicalPosition right-wing
region East Asia
seizedPowerIn Coup of December Twelfth NERFINISHED
seizedPowerInYear 1979
suppressed May 18 Democratic Uprising NERFINISHED
pro-democracy movements
timeInPowerApproximateEnd early 1980s
timeInPowerApproximateStart 1979
typeOfRegime authoritarian military regime
usedInstitution Capital Garrison Command NERFINISHED
Defense Security Command NERFINISHED
Republic of Korea Army NERFINISHED

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May 18 Democratic Uprising opposed New Military Group