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Minjudang (other)
Minjudang (), literally the Democratic Party, may refer to: North Korea * Korean Social Democratic Party South Korea *Korea Democratic Party, 1945–1949 *Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955), 1955–1963 *New Democratic Party (South Korea), 1967-1980 *New Korean Democratic Party, 1984-1988 *Reunification Democratic Party informally known as Democratic Party (1987) *Democratic Party (South Korea, 1990) *Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991) *Democratic Party (South Korea, 1995), 1995–1997, merged with Grand National Party *Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000), 2000–2007, "New Millennium Democratic Party" and "New Politics Congress" *Democratic Party (South Korea, 2007), 2007–2008, "Centrist Reformists Democratic Party" *Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008), 2008–2011, "United New Democratic Party" and "United Democratic Party" *Democratic Party (South Korea, 2011), 2011–2014, "Democratic United Party" *Minjoo Party (2014), 2014–2016, merged with Democratic Party of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Social Democratic Party
The Korean Social Democratic Party (KSDP; ) is a political party in North Korea that is allied with the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). It was formed on 3 November 1945 as the Korean Democratic Party by a mixed group of entrepreneurs, merchants, handicraftsmen, petite bourgeoisie, peasants, and Christianity in Korea, Christians. The party's founders were motivated by Anti-imperialism, anti-imperialist and anti-Feudalism, feudal aspirations, and aimed to eliminate the legacy of Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese rule and build a new democratic society. The party came under greater influence of the ruling government over time, and today is under the effective control of the WPK. History The party was established in Pyongyang by Cho Man-sik on 3 November 1945 as the Korean Democratic Party ().Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp. 652–653 It quickly gained support from Christian businessmen and intellectuals, as well as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minjoo Party (2014)
The Democratic Party () was a centrist political party in South Korea established on September 21, 2014. The party had one representative in the 19th National Assembly, Shin Ki-nam, formerly a member of the Minjoo Party of Korea. The party lost its seat in the 2016 legislative election. On October 19, 2016, the party officially merged with the Democratic Party of Korea Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (Cyprus) (DCY) **Democratic Part .... References Political parties established in 2014 Political parties disestablished in 2016 2014 establishments in South Korea 2016 disestablishments in South Korea Centrist parties in Asia Defunct political parties in South Korea Democratic parties in South Korea Minjoo Party of Korea {{SouthKorea-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinbodang (other)
Jinbo(-)dang (), literally Progressive Party may also refer to: * Progressive Party (South Korea), political party from 1956 to 1958. * Youth Progressive Party, also known as the ''Socialist Party''. * Unified Progressive Party, political party from 2011 to 2014. * Progressive Party (South Korea, 2017) See also * New Progressive Party (South Korea), also known as the '' Labor Party'' since July 2013. * Progressive Justice Party, also known as the ''Justice Party'' since July 2013. * Minjudang (other) Minjudang (), literally the Democratic Party, may refer to: North Korea * Korean Social Democratic Party South Korea *Korea Democratic Party, 1945–1949 *Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955), 1955–1963 *New Democratic Party (South Korea), ... * Nodongdang (other) {{Disambiguation, political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberalism In South Korea
This article gives an overview of liberalism and its related history in South Korea. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support and representation in the National Assembly. Historically, liberalism in South Korea emerged as an anti-military dictatorship movement. In contemporary South Korean politics, it represents a movement positioned opposite the conservatives. Liberal political parties include the Democratic Party of Korea and the Justice Party. The Democratic Party of Korea is a reformist party and internationally considered centrist to center-left. Although it is usually classified as a center-left party within South Korea, some studies consider its social and fiscal conservative policies more right-leaning than center-right parties in Western Europe such as Christian Democratic Union of Germany. The Justice Party is to the left of the DPK but takes a more moderate stance than the far-left parties of Western Europe. South Korean liberals tend to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)
The Democratic Labor Party () was a progressive and nationalist political party in South Korea. It was founded in January 2000, in the effort to create a political wing for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions which was considered more left-wing and more independent of the two union federations in South Korea. Its party president was Kwon Young-gil, Kang Gi-gap, and Lee Jung-hee. In December 2011, the party merged into the Unified Progressive Party. In the South Korean political history, DLP is considered as the ancestor of all of modern day left-leaning political parties such as Justice Party and Progressive Party. History Origin The origins of the Democratic Labor Party can be traced back to two major groups: National Liberation (민족해방, NL) and People's Democracy (민중민주, PD). These were student movements active in the Korean democratization movement of the 1987, with differing perspectives on Korean society. NL regarded South Korean society as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressivism In South Korea
Progressivism () in South Korea is a left-leaning political ideology, broadly associated with social democracy, cultural progressivism, and left-wing nationalism. It advocates for the promotion of social equality and welfare, economic justice, the protection of human rights and minority groups, peace and the reunification of the Korean Peninsula, as well as environmental sustainability. Modern South Korean progressivism emerged and took shape during the resistance to military dictatorship and became a distinct political movement in the 1990s. As the pro-democracy student activists from the 1970s and 1980s matured into progressive political leadership, their views on society, history, economy, and foreign policy feature prominently in progressive narratives. Domestically, progressives promote economic justice and labor rights in response to the dominance of chaebols in Korean economy, stemming from dirigisme during military dictatorships. Internationally, they take a conciliato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Liberal Democrats
The United Liberal Democrats (ULD; ) was a right-wing politics, right-wing conservatism, conservative political party in South Korea, whose support mostly came from the North Chungcheong Province and South Chungcheong Province regions. The short Korean name is Jaminryeon (; ULD). The Party was in a government coalition with Kim Dae-jung's Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000), Democratic Party from 1998 to 2001. In the 2004 South Korean parliamentary election, 2004 parliamentary election, it gained only 4 seats in the National Assembly, and its president Kim Jong-pil announced his retirement from politics after his bid for the 10th term in the National Assembly failed. Subsequently, most lawmakers from the party chose to defect from the party to form a new party, People First Party (South Korea), People First Party. Election results Legislature Local References External linksUnited Liberal Democrats official site (in English) 1995 establishments in South Korea 2006 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Korea Party
The New Korea Party (NKP; ) was founded by the merging of Roh Tae-woo's Democratic Justice Party, Kim Young-sam's Reunification Democratic Party and Kim Jong-pil's New Democratic Republican Party to form the Democratic Liberal Party (DLP; ). It was renamed to ''New Korea Party'' in 1995. In 1997, the NKP merged with the Democratic Party to form the Grand National Party The Liberty Korea Party () was a conservative political party in South Korea that was described variously as right-wing, right-wing populist, or far-right. Until February 2017, it was known as the Saenuri Party (), and before that as the Han .... Election results President Legislature Local Logos 민주자유당 심볼.svg, Democratic Liberal Party (1990–1995) 민주자유당 심볼 (1995년).svg, Democratic Liberal Party (1995 local elections) Notes References {{Authority control 1990 establishments in South Korea 1997 disestablishments in South Korea Anti-communism in South Korea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Justice Party
The Democratic Justice Party (DJP; ) was the ruling party of South Korea from 1981 to 1990. History Chun Doo-hwan had become the country's de facto leader after leading a military coup in December 1979, and was elected president in his own right in August 1980. Two months after taking office, he abolished all political parties, including Park Chung Hee's Democratic Republican Party, which had ruled the country since 1963, and with few viable constraints on its power since Park's self-coup of 1971. A new Constitution, which inaugurated the Fifth Republic, was enacted later in October. The following January, Chun created the Democratic Justice Party, which garnered the support of most DRP lawmakers and politicians; for all intents and purposes it was the DRP under a new name. He was elected as the first president of the Fifth Republic in 1981. Although the DJP won large majorities at legislative elections in 1981 and 1985 and the system was heavily rigged in its favor, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Republican Party (South Korea)
The Democratic Republican Party (DRP; ) was a conservative, broadly corporatistKim, B. K. & Vogel, E. F. (eds.) (2011). ''The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea''. Harvard University Press. p. 125. and nationalistKohli, A. (2004). ''State-Directed Development: Political Power and Industrialization in the Global Periphery''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 92. political party in South Korea, ruling from shortly after its formation on February 2, 1963Youngmi Kim, ''The Politics of Coalition in Korea'' (Taylor & Francis, 2011) p. 22. to its dissolution under Chun Doo-hwan in 1980. History Under the control of Park Chung Hee, President of South Korea from his military coup d'état of 1961 until his assassination in 1979, the party oversaw a period of corporatism, state capitalism, and developmentalism, known as the " Miracle of the Han River", where a predominantly poor and agrarian country was transformed into an industrial " tiger economy". The combi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Nationalist Party (South Korea)
The Democratic Nationalist Party (DNP; ) was a conservative political party in South Korea. History The DNP was established on 10 February 1949 as a merger of the Korea Democratic Party and groups that supported Yi Chong-chon (who headed a youth organisation) and Shin Ik-hee (a member of the National Association), with the new party holding 70 of the 200 seats in the Assembly.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp666–667 It supported the creation of a parliamentary republic A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under a parliamentary system of government where the Executive (government), executive branch (the government) derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature (the parliament). ..., and in 1950 proposed a constitutional amendment to this effect, although it was defeated in the Assembly. In the 1950 parliamentary elections the party received the highest share of the vote, although at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservatism In South Korea
Conservatism in South Korea is a political and social philosophy characterized by Korean culture and from Confucianism, as well as from the Western culture due to the intense Westernization of the country. South Korean conservative parties largely believe in stances such as a developmental state, pro-business, opposition to trade unions, strong national defence, anti-communism, pro- communitarianism, pro-Western (consisting of pro-United States, pro- Japanese, pro- European, pro-NATO, pro-United Kingdom and pro- CANZUK views) in foreign relations, giving assistance to anti-communist North Korean defectors, pro- sanctions and opposing the human rights abuses in North Korea, and recently free trade, economic liberalism, and neoliberalism. Starting from the dictatorship of Syngman Rhee, South Korean conservatism has been influenced from the military dictatorships of Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan. In domestic policy, South Korean conservatism has a strong elitist streak and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
