Pyŏlgigun
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The Pyŏlgigun,[1][2] Byeolgigun, Gyoryeonbyeongdae, or Waepyeolgi[3] (Korean: 별기군, "Special Skills Force" or "Special Army") was the first modernised military force of Korea. First conceived in 1876, it was formed in 1881 and trained by Japanese officers led by Horimoto Reizō, military attaché at the Japanese legation. It received better treatment than the old Korean Army, whose soldiers' salaries were in arrears on account of the costs of the Byeolgigun. This led in 1882 to the Imo mutiny, in which Horimoto Reizō was tortured and murdered by disgruntled Korean soldiers.