South Korean Socialist Workers' Alliance (SKSWA;

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: 남한사회주의노동자동맹), or shortly Sanomaeng (

: 사노맹), was

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 ...

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

political organisation. Officially launched on 12 November 1989, the organisation was led by Baik Tae-ung and a poet Park Roh-hae. The organisation didn't last long, as Park was detained on 10 March 1991, and after the other committee members were arrested by 29 April 1992, it was officially disbanded. The organisation was also one of the largest socialist organisations after the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

Political aims

* To abolish military dictatorship and build a democratic country * Transform the country into a socialist state * Build a left-wing pro-labour political party

Notable figures

* Baik Tae-ung *

Park Nohae Park Nohae ( ko, 박노해; born 1957) is South Korean poet, photographer and activist. His original name was Park Gi-pyeong ( ko, 박기평). Biography Park Nohae was born in 1957 in Hampyeong, South Jeolla Province, a southern province of South ...

Rhyu Si-min Rhyu Si-min (; born July 28, 1959) is a South Korean politician who served as the 44th Minister of Health and Welfare from February 2006 to May 2007. Before starting his political career since August 2002, he was a journalist of ''Dong-a Ilbo' ...

* Eun Soo-mi *

Cho Kuk Cho Kuk (Korean: 조국, born 6 April 1965) is a South Korean jurist and politician. He was the Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs from 2017 to 2019 in the Moon Jae-in Cabinet. On 9 September 2019, President Moon Jae-in appoi ...

References

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