Coup d'état of December Twelfth – 1979 coup d'état in South Korea that brought Chun Doo-hwan to power 2019 South Korean National Assembly attack – an incident where supporters of the Liberty Korea Party , a predecessor of the People Power Party , illegally invaded the National Assembly and violently attacked lawmakers of other parties.

The May 16 military coup d'état (Korean: 5·16 군사정변) was a military coup d'état in South Korea in 1961, organized and carried out by Park Chung Hee and his allies who formed the Military Revolutionary Committee, nominally led by Army Chief of Staff Chang Do-yong after the latter's acquiescence on the day of the coup.

The Coup d'état of December Twelfth or the 12·12 Military Insurrection (Korean: 12·12 군사 반란; Hanja: 十二十二軍事反亂) was a military coup which took place on December 12, 1979, in South Korea.

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