The Pro-Park New Party ( ko, 친박신당 ''Chin Bak Sindang''; sometimes translated as the New Pro-Park Party) is a South Korean political party led by

Hong Moon-jong Hong Moon-jong ( Korean: 홍문종; born 26 May 1955) is a South Korean politician who served as the Member of the National Assembly for Uijeongbu 2nd constituency. He also served as the Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party. He is the son of th ...

History

The party was formed by

, an MP for

Uijeongbu Uijeongbu () is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Overview Uijeongbu is located north of the Korean capital Seoul; it lies inside a Defile (geography), defile, with mountains on two sides, and com ...

2nd constituency elected under 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 ...

banner in

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. He remained within the party after the party changed its name to Liberty Korea Party, however, when the

Korean Patriots' Party The Our Republican Party (), formerly the Korean Patriots' Party (Korean: 대한애국당), was a far-right political party in South Korea known primarily for its Pro-Park Geun-hye stance. It was formed following a split within the New Sa ...

(KPP) was formed by

Cho Won-jin Cho Won-jin (born 7 January 1959) is a South Korean conservative pro-Park Geun-hye politician who served as the break-away Saenuri Party's presidential candidate in the 2017 presidential election. He had been a member of the Liberty Korea Part ...

, he frequently attended to protests organised by the KPP. On 15 June 2019, Hong announced his withdrawal from the LKP and officially exited 2 days later. Prior to his withdrawal, he was already elected as the co-Presidents of the KPP and later the party changed its name to the Our Republican Party (ORP). Nevertheless, both soon faced conflicts and on 10 February 2020, Hong was removed from the ORP. On 25 February, the Pro-Park New Party was officially established and Hong was elected as its new leader. For the upcoming general election, he proposed an electoral alliance with the Liberty Unification Party and the other

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pro-

Park Geun-hye Park Geun-hye (; ; often in English ; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 to 2017, until she was impeached and convicted on related corruption charges. Park was the fi ...

figures i.e. Byun Hui-jae. Hanjin Lew, PNP's Spokesperson for International Affairs, explained the PNP's foundation, its political philosophy and international relations during an interview with One Korea News Network - Hawaii.

U.S.-Japan-RoK Tripartite Alliance

The PNP is a staunch supporter of the U.S.-Japan-RoK tripartite alliance. The party's famous pro-US stance was visible when several MPs criticized that U.S. Ambassador

Harry B. Harris Jr. Harry Binkley Harris Jr. (born August 4, 1956) is a retired American diplomat and retired U.S. Navy officer. He was the first Japanese Americans, American of Japanese descent to lead US Pacific Command in the U.S. Navy and was the highest-ranking ...

was rude, Hong defended Ambassador Harris saying that he was in no way rude to him.

President Park Geun-hye

In an interview with Japan Forward, Sankei Shimbun's English Newspaper, spokesman Lew explained the inherent link between human rights and international security and called for immediate release of President

to safeguard freedom of the South, Japan and the U.S.

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