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{{Short description|Joseon Army infantry regiment}}
{{Infobox Korean name
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|hangul=훈련대
|hanja=訓鍊隊
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|mr=Hullyŏndae
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[[File:훈련대.jpg|thumb|Hullyŏndae in training.]]
The '''Hullyŏndae''' ({{Korean|hangul=훈련대|hanja=訓練隊|lit=Military Training Division}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aks.ac.kr/glossary/glossary_detail.asp?g_code=13643&page=318&c_code=&search_field=&keyword=&order=g_munkwang&kanada= |title=훈련대(訓練隊) |trans-title=Hullyŏndae |accessdate=2009-01-22 |publisher=[[The Academy of Korean Studies]] |language=Korean, English}}</ref>) was an infantry [[regiment]] of the [[Joseon Army (1881–1897)|Joseon Army]] established under [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] direction as a part of the second [[Gabo Reform]] in 1895, the 32nd year of [[Gojong of Korea]]'s reign. On January 17 in the same year, Japanese legation minister [[Inoue Kaoru]] suggested the king found a new regiment of [[royal guard]]s. This elite regiment, trained and equipped by the Japanese, were officered by members of the [[Joseon Army|old Joseon army]].

The regiment consisted of three [[battalion]]s and a [[headquarters]] company, totalling about 1,000 Soldiers. The first battalion was commanded by Major [[Woo Beomseon]]. The second battalion was commanded by Major [[Yi Doohwang]], and the third battalion was commanded by Major [[Yi Jinho]]. All three officer had participated in military operations against peasant rebels in [[Donghak]] and [[Military of the Qing dynasty|Chinese forces]] in 1894–1895. The regiment was composed of the most modernised elements of the Joseon Army.

Convinced that [[Empress Myeongseong|Queen Min]] was conspiring with the [[Russian Empire]] to bring Russian troops into the country, the regiment attacked the Imperial Palace on 8 October 1895, allowing a group of Japanese [[rōnin]] to [[Assassination of Empress Myeongseong|assassinate the Empress]].<ref name="Seagrave, S.">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/goldwarriorsamer00seag |url-access=registration |quote=Hullyondae. |title=Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold |accessdate=2009-01-22 |publisher=Verso |year=2003 |author=Sterling Seagrave |author2=Peggy Seagrave |isbn=1-85984-542-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/goldwarriorsamer00seag/page/14 14], 264}}</ref><ref name="Britannica">{{cite web|url=http://100.empas.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=B&i=211400&v=43 |script-title=ko:훈련대 訓鍊隊 |accessdate=2009-01-22 |publisher=[[Empas]] / [[Britannica]]|language=Korean}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=훈련대 |url=http://kordic.empas.com/dicsearch/view.html?k=sw&i=43631900 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722210406/http://kordic.nate.com/dicsearch/view.html?k=sw&i=43631900 |archive-date=2012-07-22 |access-date=2009-01-22}}</ref> They were dissolved on September 13, 1895.<ref>{{Citation |last=조 |first=재곤(서강대 연구원) |title=훈련대 (訓鍊隊) |work=한국민족문화대백과사전 [Encyclopedia of Korean Culture] |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0065791 |access-date=2025-04-09 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |language=ko}}</ref>

Major Woo Beomseon, the leader of the attack on the Palace, escaped to Japan, where he married a Japanese woman named SAKAI Naka and sired [[Woo Jang-Choon]] in April of 1898. On November 24, 1903, Major Woo was assassinated with a knife by GO YeongGeun, sent to kill him by [[Emperor Gwangmu]].

==See also==
*[[Korea under Japanese rule]]
*[[Imo Incident]]
*[[Empress Myeongseong]]
*[[Eulmi Incident]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Military history of Korea]]
[[Category:Japan–Korea relations]]
[[Category:1895 establishments in Korea]]

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[[Category:1895 disestablishments in Korea]]

Hullyŏndae - Revision history

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