Creative Korea Party
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| Creative Korea Party 창조한국당 創造韓國黨 Changjo Hanguk-dang |
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| Leader | Han Myeon-Hee |
| Founded | October 14, 2007 |
| Headquarters | 28-130 Yeongdeungpo-2 dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Ideology | Liberalism, Humanism, Centrism |
| Political position | Centrist |
| International affiliation | None |
| Official colours | Pink |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
2 / 299
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| Seats within local government |
1 / 3,893
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| Hangul | 창조한국당 |
| Hanja | 創造韓國黨 |
| Revised Romanization | Changjo Hangukdang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'angjo Han'guktang |
Creative Korea Party[1] (Hangul: 창조한국당, Hanja: 創造韓國黨, Abbreviation: CKP, literally Create Korea Party) is a political party of South Korea. It was formed out of the Uri Party and its resulting civil splinter groups, with their leader Moon Kook-hyun, a well-known former business leader who recently started his political career. Their 2007 presidential bid was unsuccessful, however, they gained 3 seats at the 2008 general election on April 9, 2008, including the election of Moon Kook-hyun at Eunpyeong-eul, Seoul district.
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[edit] Party Platform
- Creating a new Social Solidarity
- Establishing a Knowledge and Creativity-based Economy
- Minimizing military tension of Korean Peninsula
- Providing 'Productive Welfare'
- Building a sustainable Social development
- Funding a Substantial Public and Lifelong Education
- Respecting Minority Rights
- Taking responsibility of the Diversity of Cultural References
- Creating Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia
[edit] Notable members
- Moon Kook-hyun MP, Party Leader, Official Presidential candidate of the party and MP for Eunpyeong-gu 2nd electorate, Seoul
- Lee Yong-kyeong MP, former CEO of KT and Korean National Assembly MP
- Yu Won-il MP, former environmental movement organizor in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, and Korean National Assembly MP
- Lee Jeong-ja, Chairperson of Green-consumer Network (Civil organization)
[edit] 2007 Election
They held their nominating convention for 2007 presidential election on November 4, 2007. During that event, its leader Moon Kook-hyun was elected with 8,884(94.9%) of the mobile phone vote.[2] As one of the pro-governmental liberal candidates, he and his party suffered the pressure of political simplification from several civil organizational leaders for the entire campaigning period. However, although negotiating with the UNDP politicians a lot, he eventually decided to target voters disappointed with both major parties (the UNDP and GNP) and their candidates(Chung Dong-young and Lee Myung-bak). They hoped to reach somewhat over 10% support, but gained a final result of 1.38 million voters(5.82%) which put them in 4th place. However, they earned more votes than the 10-year-old KDLP's result(3.00%), and gained strong supports (Its average was roughly 8%) from metropolitan city areas, such as Seoul and its suburbs, Incheon, Daejeon, Chuncheon, Jeju[3], therefore it was judged to be a potential threat to major parties during the 2008 parliamentary election.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ United States Department of State Factbook
- ^ Moon Kook-hyun elected as the presidential candidate of the CKP(Korean), Kukinews, Retrieved on November 4, 2007
- ^ >%20개표진행상황&TITLEB=개표진행상황&TITIMG=tgm02&RULE=T4 Info-system of the 2007 presidential election(Korean), the NEC, Retrieved on December 20, 2007
- ^ Moon Kook-hyun 'will run again at the 2008 parliamentary election'(Korean), The Hankyoreh, Retrieved on December 20, 2007
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