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List Of Political Parties In South Korea
This article lists political party, political parties in politics of South Korea, South Korea. South Korea has a weakly institutionalized multi-party system, characterized by frequent changes in party arrangements. It has sometimes been described as having characteristics of a two-party system. At least one of the many political parties has a chance of gaining power alone. Current parties Parties represented in the National Assembly Extra-parliamentary parties Conservative parties * () *Our Republican Party (2020), Our Republican Party () * () *Saenuri Party (2017) () * () *New National Participation Party, All Citizen's Participatory Party () * () * () *Korean Independence Party () * () * () * () * () *People's Grand United Party () * () * () * Liberal Unification Party () Centrist (or conservative liberal) parties * () * () * () *Minsaeng Party, Party for People's Livelihood () * () Liberal parties * () *Open Democratic Party (), a recreation of the now-dissolved Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. Although List of countries without political parties, some countries have no political parties, this is extremely rare. Most countries have Multi-party system, several parties while others One-party state, only have one. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually Democracy, democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that Government, governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hankyoreh
''The Hankyoreh'' () is a centre-left liberal daily newspaper in South Korea. It was established in 1988 after widespread purges forced out dissident journalists, and was envisioned as an alternative to existing newspapers, which were regarded as unduly influenced by the authoritarian government at the time. When it launched, it claimed to be "the first newspaper in the world truly independent of political power and large capital." As of 2016, it has been voted as the most trusted news organization by Korean journalists for nine consecutive years but is also the least influential news outlet by the survey. It has online editions in English, Chinese, and Japanese. History The newspaper was originally established as ''Hankyoreh Shinmun'' () on 15 May 1988 by ex-journalists from '' The Dong-A Ilbo'' and '' The Chosun Ilbo''. At the time, government censors were in every newsroom, newspaper content was virtually dictated by the Ministry of Culture and Information, and newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Eun-a
Her Eun-a (; born 26 May 1972) is a South Korean politician and former entrepreneur. She was born on 26 May 1972 at Seongbuk District, Seoul. She was a former flight attendant at Korean Air. She founded the image consulting company Yerago () in 1999. In January 2020, she joined the Liberty Korea Party as an external talent in an image consulting role. She was elected for the first time in the 2020 election via proportional representation in 19th position on her party's list. She has announced her defection to join New Reform Party set to be launched by former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok. She served as the leader of the New Reform Party from 20 May 2024 until her removal on 26 January 2025. References See also * List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 2020–2024 The 21st National Assembly of South Korea was the twenty-first session of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reform Party (South Korea)
The Reform Party (RP; ) is a South Korean political party jointly led by Lee Jun-seok, the former leader of the People Power Party (PPP). While initially founded by Lee Jun-seok as a conservative party after his split from the PPP, it has subsequently merged with various parties and factions led by politicians formerly affiliated with the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and Justice Party. History The founding congress of the Reform Party was held on 20 January 2024. At the founding congress, the intention was emphasized to create a "third force", which would include the Reform Party, to oppose the Democratic Party and the PPP. The new party expressed its readiness to create coalitions. The party is led by former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok and the conservative Kim Yong-nam is the party's policy committee chief. On 24 January 2024, Yang Hyang-ja's Hope of Korea merged into the Reform Party ahead of the April 10 parliamentary election. On February 9, it was announc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblem Of The New Reform Party (South Korea)
An emblem is an abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept, like a moral truth, or an allegory, or a person, like a monarch or saint. Emblems vs. symbols Although the words ''emblem'' and ''symbol'' are often used interchangeably, an emblem is a pattern that is used to represent an idea or an individual. An emblem develops in concrete, visual terms some abstraction: a deity, a tribe or nation, or a virtue or vice. An emblem may be worn or otherwise used as an identifying badge or patch. For example, in America, police officers' badges refer to their personal metal emblem whereas their woven emblems on uniforms identify members of a particular unit. A real or metal cockle shell, the emblem of James the Great, sewn onto the hat or clothes, identified a medieval pilgrim to his shrine at Santiago de Compostela. In the Middle Ages, many saints were given emblems, which served to identify them in paintings and other images: St. Catherine of Alexandr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressivism In South Korea
Progressivism () in South Korea is a left-leaning political ideology, broadly associated with social democracy, cultural progressivism, and left-wing nationalism. It advocates for the promotion of social equality and welfare, economic justice, the protection of human rights and minority groups, peace and the reunification of the Korean Peninsula, as well as environmental sustainability. Modern South Korean progressivism emerged and took shape during the resistance to military dictatorship and became a distinct political movement in the 1990s. As the pro-democracy student activists from the 1970s and 1980s matured into progressive political leadership, their views on society, history, economy, and foreign policy feature prominently in progressive narratives. Domestically, progressives promote economic justice and labor rights in response to the dominance of chaebols in Korean economy, stemming from dirigisme during military dictatorships. Internationally, they take a conciliato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Kuk
Cho Kuk (; born 6 April 1965) is a South Korean politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of South Korea from May to December 2024, when he lost his seat following the Supreme Court of Korea's decision to uphold his two-year prison sentence for document falsification. He is the founder of the Rebuilding Korea Party. Cho previously served as a senior presidential aide for civil affairs under the cabinet of Moon Jae-in from May 2017 to July 2019. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Justice, a position he held from September 2019 until his resignation on 14 October 2019 due to his involvement in a series of controversies, including allegations of corruption surrounding his family's business activities. In 2023, Cho was convicted of falsifying documents in connection with his children's college admissions and sentenced to two years in prison. In December 2024, the South Korea Supreme Court upheld the lower courts' ruling, effectively disqualifying him from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebuilding Korea Party
The Rebuilding Korea Party (RKP; ) is a South Korea, South Korean South Korean political party, political party founded by former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk ahead of the 2024 South Korean legislative election. The name of the party can be pronounced as 'Cho-kuk Hyuk-sin Dang' in Korean. The word 'Cho-kuk' refers to 'Motherland (Korea)', but also refers to the name of the party founder Cho Kuk. However, the Hanja, which gives Korean words their meanings, is different. Cho Kuk resigned as party leader in December 2024 following the Supreme Court of Korea, Supreme Court decision to uphold his two-year prison sentence for document falsification. The RKP is considered to be a Centre-left politics, center-left alternative to the mainstream Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015), Democratic Party. The party opposes what it refers to as a "Prosecutor, prosecutorial dictatorship" and considered President Yoon Suk Yeol, Yoon Suk-yeol's administration complicit in maintaining it. Thus, the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right-wing Politics
Right-wing politics is the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that view certain social orders and Social stratification, hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property, religion, or tradition. Hierarchy and Social inequality, inequality may be seen as natural results of traditional social differences or competition in market economies. Right-wing politics are considered the counterpart to left-wing politics, and the left–right political spectrum is the most common political spectrum. The right includes social conservatives and fiscal conservatives, as well as right-libertarianism, right-libertarians. "Right" and "right-wing" have been variously used as compliments and pejoratives describing neoliberal, conservative, and fascist economic and social ideas. Positions The following positions are typically associated with right-wing politics. Anti-com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservatism In South Korea
Conservatism in South Korea is a political and social philosophy characterized by Korean culture and from Confucianism, as well as from the Western culture due to the intense Westernization of the country. South Korean conservative parties largely believe in stances such as a developmental state, pro-business, opposition to trade unions, strong national defence, anti-communism, pro- communitarianism, pro-Western (consisting of pro-United States, pro- Japanese, pro- European, pro-NATO, pro-United Kingdom and pro- CANZUK views) in foreign relations, giving assistance to anti-communist North Korean defectors, pro- sanctions and opposing the human rights abuses in North Korea, and recently free trade, economic liberalism, and neoliberalism. Starting from the dictatorship of Syngman Rhee, South Korean conservatism has been influenced from the military dictatorships of Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan. In domestic policy, South Korean conservatism has a strong elitist streak and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Dong-hoon
Han Dong-hoon (; born 9 April 1973) is a South Korean politician and prosecutor who served as the leader of the People Power Party from July to December 2024 and as the 69th minister of justice from May 2022 to December 2023 under the cabinet of Yoon Suk Yeol. Before joining politics, Han played a key role as an anti-corruption prosecutor alongside Yoon Suk Yeol in convicting former presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak, Samsung executive Lee Jae-yong, and family members of former minister of justice Cho Kuk. Han served as a principal deputy when Yoon held senior positions in the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of Korea. Early life and education Han was born on 9 April 1973, in Seoul, where he completed his high school education. He then attended Seoul National University's law school, where he obtained his Bachelor of Law degree. In 1995, while still in college, he passed the bar exam and then attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute (27th class). His first a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
