Democratic Independent Party (DIP; ) was a
centrist
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political party in
North
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and
South Korea
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. The party was established on 19 October 1947. Its initiators were
An Jae-hong, ,
Hong Myong-hui,
Kim Ho,
Pak Yong-hee,
Yi Kuk-no and
Kim Won-yong
Kim Won-yong (1922–1993) was a South Korean archaeologist and art historian. Noted in the discipline of Korean archaeology and ancient art history (Yoon 2006), he was one of the first people recognized as an archaeologist in Korea to receive ...
. Of them, Hong became the chairman of the party.
It opposed Syngman Rhee's single-candidate government theory and supported
Kim Ku and
Kim Kyu-sik's North-South negotiation theory, but after the 1948 North-South Joint Conference, it split into pro-North and 'Yang Kim' factions, and after several mass defections from the party, it transformed into a pro-North minor party. It participated in
elections in North Korea from
1948
Events January
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until at least
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
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.
Electoral history
Supreme People's Assembly elections
See also
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Politics of North Korea
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List of political parties in North Korea
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Elections in North Korea
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Politics of South Korea
The politics of South Korea take place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president is the head of state, and of a multi-party system. To ensure a separation of powers, the government of th ...
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List of political parties in South Korea
This article lists political party, political parties in politics of South Korea, South Korea.
South Korea has a weakly institutionalized multi-party system, characterized by frequent changes in party arrangements. It has sometimes been described ...
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Elections in South Korea
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1947 establishments in Korea
Centrist parties in Asia
Political parties established in 1947
Political parties in North Korea
Progressive parties in South Korea
Social democratic parties in Korea
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