Word: hapon
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Those who failed to follow that route often found themselves siding with a new force in Philippine politics: the Huks. Originally known as the Hukbong bayan laban sa Hapon (People's Army Against Japan), the Huks turned quickly to the Communist antidemocratic guerrilla warfare that their brothers in China and Indo-China were fostering. By the late 1940s, the Huk menace was massive: it claimed 14,000 fighting men under arms, and controlled by terror and taxation some 4,000,000 Filipino peasants, mainly in central Luzon. President Roxas, who died in office of a heart attack, was succeeded...
...Originally known as the "Hukbo ng bayan laban sa hapon" (People's Army Against Japan), the Huk movement now has a new name: "Hukbo ng mapagpalaya sa bayan" (People's Liberation Army). -Literacy in the Philippines is now 50%, highest in Southeast Asia. Others: Malaya, 32%; Indo-China, 15%; Indonesia...
...Originally known as the "Hukbo ng bayan laban sa hapon" (People's Army Against Japan), the Huk movement now has a new name, "Hukbo ng mapagpalaya sa bayan" (People's Liberation Army...
...From Hukbo ng bayan laban sa hapon, meaning People's Army against Japan...
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