EVENT · VERIFIED RECORD

December 12 Military Coup

1979-12-12–1979-12-13

Seoul · Seoul metropolitan area

A military coup in which the new military faction centered on the Hanahoe, including Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, illegally took Army Chief of Staff Jeong Seung-hwa into custody and mobilized troops to seize control of the military command.