Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)

Democratic Labor Party
Hangul	민주노동당
Hanja	民主勞動黨
Revised Romanization	Minju Nodongdang
McCune–Reischauer	Minju Nodong-tang

Democratic Labor Party
Democratic Labor Party
	Democratic Labor Party Logo
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	Democratic socialism,; Korean nationalism,; Left-wing nationalism
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	None
Colours	Orange
Seats in the National Assembly	6 / 299
Seats within local government	143 / 3,893
Website
	kdlp.org
	Politics of South Korea; Political parties; Elections;

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 Progessive 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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