The Chinbak Yeondae, or formerly People's New Party for Reform (NP, ko, 개혁국민신당), is a political party in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. Former chairman Lee Yong-Hwi tried to establish the New Yeoongnam Party, but he decided to join the Freedom and Peace Party in January 2012. The Freedom and Peace Party changed its name to New Yeongnam and Freedom and Peace Party in January 2012. In March 2012, the party changed its name to The Hannara Party, but the

Saenuri 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 ...

argued that the Hannara Party stole the Saenuri Party's older name ("GNP", which was the same in Korean ("한나라당")) to confuse the conservative voter. However, the South Korean National Party Commission (중앙선관위) justified the name on legal grounds.‘한나라당’ 재등장… “새누리당, 도둑놈 심보”…로고도 파란색
/ref> The party gained only 0.85% of the total votes in the 2012 General Election (7th out of 20 parties), and thus failed to take a seat in the National Assembly. In South Korea, a party must gain at least 2% of the total vote to take a block seat. Due to having a similar name as the last party (number "20" in Korean alphabet order), the party gained only 181,748 votes. After the general election in April 2012, it was cancelled by the National Election Administration Office. Members of the party separated into two parties. Lee Dong-hwi made the Hope! Hannara Party and elected Lee Eun-young as the new chairman. The Hope! Hannara Party changed its name to the People's Party for New Politics (새정치국민의당) in July 2013.

Names Used

* Hannara Party (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...

:한나라당, Grand National Party) (March to 11 April 2012) * Hope! Hannara Party (

:희망! 한나라당) (November 2012 to July 2013) * People's Party for New Politics (

: 새정치국민의당) (July 2013 to November 2017) * Chinbak Yeondae (

: 친박연대) (November 2017 to present)

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* (In Korean) {{DEFAULTSORT:New Politics Party, the 2012 establishments in South Korea Political parties established in 2012 Conservative parties in South Korea 2022 disestablishments in South Korea Defunct political parties in South Korea Political parties disestablished in 2022