서방파

Korean

Etymology

From 서방(瑞坊) (seobang, “Seobang”) +‎ 파(派) (-pa, “party, faction”), named after the leader 김 태촌(金泰村) (Gim Taechon)'s hometown Seobang-myeon, Gwangju-gun, South Jeolla Province.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ba̠ŋpʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [서방파]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seobangpa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seobangpa
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏbangp'a
Yale Romanization?	sepangpha

Proper noun

서방파 • (Seobangpa) (hanja 瑞坊派)

1. (crime) Seobang gang (former political mafia in South Korea, led by late Kim Tae-chon and active in the 1970s and 1980s)