신군부

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 新軍部, from 新 (“new”) + 軍部 (“military authority”), the term 新 distinguishes the military government led by Chun Doo-hwan from the former one led by Park Chung-hee.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰinɡunbu]
• Phonetic hangul: [신군부]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Sin'gunbu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Singunbu
McCune–Reischauer?	Sin'gunbu
Yale Romanization?	sinkwunpu

Proper noun

신군부 • (Sin'gunbu) (hanja 新軍部)

1. (historical) the Hanahoe after seizing power, a private group of military officers in the South Korean military who seized power through the Coup d'état of December Twelfth.