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Democratic Republican Party (South Korea, 2008)
The Democratic Republican Party () was a conservative political party in South Korea that was founded on September 4, 1997. The party supported the presidential candidacies of its leader, Huh Kyung-young, in the 1997 and 2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ... presidential elections. For the 2007 presidential election, it registered under the name the Economic Republican Party before reverting to its original name in 2008. It was repeatedly dissolved and re-registered throughout its history. Huh left the party by 2009, and was replaced as leader by Park Dong-gyu on June 22, 2009. It is now defunct. Election results President Legislature 2008 establishments in South Korea Conservative parties in South Korea Political parties established in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Republican Party (South Korea)
The Democratic Republican Party (DRP; ) was a conservative, broadly corporatistKim, B. K. & Vogel, E. F. (eds.) (2011). ''The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea''. Harvard University Press. p. 125. and nationalistKohli, A. (2004). ''State-Directed Development: Political Power and Industrialization in the Global Periphery''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 92. political party in South Korea, ruling from shortly after its formation on February 2, 1963Youngmi Kim, ''The Politics of Coalition in Korea'' (Taylor & Francis, 2011) p. 22. to its dissolution under Chun Doo-hwan in 1980. History Under the control of Park Chung Hee, President of South Korea from his military coup d'état of 1961 until his assassination in 1979, the party oversaw a period of corporatism, state capitalism, and developmentalism, known as the " Miracle of the Han River", where a predominantly poor and agrarian country was transformed into an industrial " tiger economy". The combi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |