Green Party Korea 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 Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
. The party was established in March 2012. It is a continuation of the
Korea Greens, created following initial discussions in 2011. The party was established in response to the
Fukushima Nuclear Crisis of Japan. Green Party Korea is a member of the
Global Greens
The Global Greens (GG) is an international network of political parties and movements which work to implement the Global Greens Charter. It consists of various national Green political parties, partner networks, and other organizations associate ...
and the
Asia Pacific Greens Federation
The Asia Pacific Greens Federation (APGF) (formerly the Asia Pacific Greens Network) is a federation of national Green parties and related organisations in countries in the Pacific Ocean and Asia, and is one of the four Federations that constitut ...
. As a result of the party only getting 0.48% in the 19th national parliamentary election in April 2012, the party was disbanded by the National Election Administration Office.
However, the paragraph 4 of article 41 and the subparagraph 3 of paragraph 1 of article 44 of the Political Parties Act, which had revoked registration of parties and banned use of the titles of the parties whose obtained numbers of votes had been less than 2% of the total number of effective votes, were ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Korea on 28 January 2014. As a result, Green Party Korea recovered its title.
Green Party Korea, together with the Basic Income Youth Network, began a two-week tour on 6 July 2015 to discover the opinions citizens in South Korea have about
basic income
Universal basic income (UBI) is a social welfare proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive an unconditional transfer payment, that is, without a means test or need to work. It would be received independently of a ...
, and to introduce the concept of basic income to the community. The party has also adopted basic income as part of their party platform.
Attributes of the Party
The party has more females than males. About 38.2% of party members are in their 40s. 24.8% of party members are 50 years of age or older.
Election results
Legislature
Local
See also
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Energy in South Korea
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Environment of South Korea
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List of environmental organizations
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Politics of South Korea
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Political parties in South Korea
References
External links
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Korea Greenson
Daum Cafe
2004 establishments in South Korea
Anti-nuclear organizations
Anti–nuclear power movement
Direct democracy parties
Environment of South Korea
Feminist organizations in South Korea
Feminist parties in Asia
Global Greens member parties
Green political parties
Green parties in Asia
LGBT political advocacy groups in South Korea
Participatory democracy
Political parties established in 2004
Political parties in South Korea
Progressive parties in South Korea
Universal basic income in South Korea
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