The New United Democratic Party (; NUDP) was a political party of

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from 1987 to 1991. The party was established as the Peace Democratic Party (; PDP) in October 1987 by Kim Dae-jung and his followers to contest the

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that year. The party later merged with

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to form the

History

Following the

June Struggle The June Democratic Struggle (), also known as the June Democracy Movement and June Democratic Uprising, was a nationwide pro-democracy movement in South Korea that generated mass protests from June 10 to June 29, 1987. The demonstrations force ...

of 1987, and the June 29 Declaration, which promised direct, democratic election of the president in the upcoming presidential election in December of that year, speculation for the potential candidacy of Kim Dae-jung for the presidency grew. The Declaration also promised amnesty to Kim Dae-jung, who was under the house-arrest and was barred from engaging in any political activity under the fabricated charge of "inciting rebellion" since 1981. While Kim Dae-jung was barred from engaging in any political activities, Kim Young-sam emerged as the main opposition leader. Despite the effort to present the single "democratic" candidate for the 1987 presidential election, the negotiation between two politicians broke down. Kim Dae-jung and his followers split from the

Reunification Democratic Party The Reunification Democratic Party (, RDP) was a political party of South Korea from 1987 to 1990. The party was established in April 1987 by Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam, splitting from the New Korean Democratic Party. The party faced anothe ...

and created the Peace Democratic Party in October 29, less than 2 months before the election. Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam's candidacy resulted in vote-splitting of the "Democratic" candidates, resulting in the election of Roh Tae-woo, protégé of dictator Chun Doo-hwan to take the office with 36.6% of votes. Despite the defeat in the presidential election, the party fared well in the 1988 legislative election, coming first in the city of

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and dominating South-western Jeolla region, Peace Democratic Party beat Kim Young-sam's

and emerged as the main opposition to the ruling

Democratic Justice Party The Democratic Justice Party (; DJP) was the ruling party of South Korea from 1981 to 1988. History Chun 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 ...

. However, the merger of

, and

New Democratic Republican Party The New Democratic Republican Party (Korean: 신민주공화당 ''Sin-minju-gonghwa-dang'') was a South Korean political party which formed in 1987 and dissolved in 1990. It was particularly strong in Hoseo, the home region of party leader Kim Jon ...

in January 1990, forming the Democratic Liberal Party, effectively isolated Kim Dae-jung and his party in the National Assembly. The party changed its name to New United Democratic Party on 14 April 1991 to contest the 1991 local election but the disappointing election result and upcoming presidential election spurred Kim Dae-jung to create a new party. Kim allied himself with the

,Called "Little" Democratic Party (꼬마 민주당) to distinguish from the

who split from the

in 1990, opposing the merger with conservative ruling Democratic Liberal Party. The merger resulted in the establishment of the

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{{Peace Democratic Party Democratic parties in South Korea Defunct political parties in South Korea Conservative liberal parties Political parties established in 1987 Political parties disestablished in 1991 1987 establishments in South Korea 1991 disestablishments in South Korea