- Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)
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Democratic Labor Party
민주노동당
Minju NodongdangPresident Lee Junghee Secretary general Oh Byung-Yoon Assembly leader Kang Gi-gap Founded January 2000 Headquarters Jongdo Building, 25-1 Mullaedong2-ga, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul Ideology Democratic socialism,
Korean nationalism,
Left-wing nationalismPolitical position Centre-left International affiliation None Official colours Orange Seats in the National Assembly 6 / 299Seats within local government 143 / 3,893Website kdlp.org Politics of South Korea
Political parties
ElectionsDemocratic Labor Party (South Korea) Hangul 민주노동당 Hanja 民主勞動黨 Revised Romanization Minju Nodongdang McCune–Reischauer Minju Nodong-dang The Democratic Labor Party (DLP), established in January 2000, is a left-wing nationalist, democratic socialist political party in South Korea. It was founded in the effort to create a political wing for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, considered more left and independent of the two union federations in South Korea. Current party president Lee Jung-hee and the assembly leader Kang Gi-gap, who is twice-elected congressman.
The party gained 10 seats in the National Assembly for the first time in the 2004 parliamentary election.
Before and during the 2007 presidential election, conflicts arose between two main factions within the party.
After the 2007 presidential election, some members (known as 'People's Democracy Faction') quit the party and opened New Progressive Party. The reason of split was conflict between NL (National Liberation) & PD (People's Democracy) which NL's send the document of South Korean who will help when North Korea will take action. But, they didn't apologize or punish who did it. So, PD's split out of the party . Despite that split, DLP gained 5 seats in the National Assembly in the 2008 election, whereas NPP gained none. But, in the 2009 election NPP got one seat.
See also
Political parties in South Korea
Numbers in brackets indicate numbers of seats in the current National AssemblyLeft Liberal / Centrist Right Grand National (172) · Liberty Forward (16)Categories:- Labour parties
- Political parties established in 2000
- Political parties in South Korea
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- Democratic socialist parties
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