Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)
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| Democratic Labor Party 민주노동당 Minju Nodongdang |
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| Leader | Lee Jung-Hee |
| Assembly leader | Gang Gi-Gap |
| Founded | January 2000 |
| Dissolved | 5 December 2011 |
| Merged into | Unified Progressive Party |
| Headquarters | Jongdo Building, 25-1 Mullaedong2-ga, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul |
| Ideology | Korean nationalism,[1] Social democracy,[2] Progressivism[3][4] |
| Political position | Left-wing[5][6] |
| International affiliation | None |
| Official colours | Orange |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
6 / 299
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| Seats within local government |
143 / 3,893
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| Hangul | 민주노동당 |
| Hanja | 民主勞動黨 |
| Revised Romanization | Minju Nodongdang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Minju Nodong-tang |
The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) was a left-wing nationalist political party in South Korea. It was founded in January 2000, in the effort to create a political wing for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and was considered more left-wing and more independent of the two union federations in South Korea. Its party president was Lee Jung-hee and its assembly leader Kang Gi-gap, who is twice-elected congressman. In December 2011, the party merged into the Unified Progressive Party.
The party gained 10 seats in the National Assembly for the first time in the 2004 parliamentary election.
Before and during the 2007 presidential election, conflicts arose between the two main factions within the party.
After the 2007 presidential election, some members (known as 'People's Democracy Faction') quit the party and opened New Progressive Party (NPP). The reason of split was the conflict between National Liberation and People's Democracy. Despite that split, DLP gained 5 seats in the National Assembly in the 2008 election, but NPP gained none. In the 2009 election, NPP got one seat. On 5 December 2011, the party merged with the People's Participation Party and a faction of the NPP to found the Unified Progressive Party.
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- ^ Park, Mi (2008), Democracy and Social Change: A History of South Korean Student Movements, 1980-2000, Peter Lang, pp. 224, 231, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wfIT1uU6HqUC&pg=PA224&dq=%22Democratic+Labor+Party%22+korea+social+democratic&hl=de&sa=X&ei=AfxgT_W3Io6JhQeonYmtBw&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Democratic%20Labor%20Party%22%20korea%20social%20democratic&f=false
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- ^ Chang, Yun-Shik (2008), "Left and right in South Korean politics", Korea Confronts Globalization (Taylor & Francis): p. 176, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3-HxKjWqMEMC&pg=PA176&dq=%22Democratic+Labor+Party%22+korea+progressive&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uP1gT8GbHMaAhQeYsLDUBw&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Democratic%20Labor%20Party%22%20korea%20progressive&f=false
- ^ Bae, Joonbum (2009), "The South Korean Left's 'Northern Question'", Korea Yearbook 2009 (Brill): p. 90, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CmaWblhxJsEC&pg=PA90&dq=%22Democratic+Labor+Party%22+korea+socialist&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22Democratic%20Labor%20Party%22%20leftist&f=false
- ^ Lim, Hyun-Chin (2008), "Impacts of globalization and restructuring", Korea Confronts Globalization (Taylor & Francis): p. 161, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3-HxKjWqMEMC&pg=PA161&dq=Democratic+Labor+Party+korea+left&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oq9fT4CvI8PQhAfDiv2wBw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Democratic%20Labor%20Party%20korea%20left&f=false
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