Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)

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Democratic Labor Party



Leader	Chun Young-se

Founded	January 2000
Headquarters	Jongdo Building, 25-1 Mullaedong2-ga, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul

Ideology	Democratic Socialism Social Democracy Korean nationalism

Website inter.kdlp.org

Korean name

Hangul	민주노동당
Hanja	民主勞動黨
Revised Romanization	Minju Nodong-dang
McCune-Reischauer	Minju Nodong-dang

The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) is a Left-wing, socialist, political party in South Korea, established in January 2000. It was founded in the effort to create a political wing for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, considered more Left and independent of the two union federations in South Korea. Party president is Chun Young-se.

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 two main factions within the party.

After the 2007 presidential election, some members quit the party and opened New Progressive Party. Despite that split, DLP gained 5 seats in the National Assembly in the 2008 election, whereas NPP gained none.

[edit] See also

v • d • e Political parties in South Korea

Right-wing parties	Grand National Party (153) - Liberty Forward Party (18) - Park's Party (14) - Solidarity for Pro-Park Independents¹ (12) - Christian Agape (no seats; 2.59%)

Centrism parties	United Democratic Party (81) - Renewal of Korea Party (3)

Left-wing parties	Democratic Labor Party (5) - New Progressive Party (no seats; 2.94%)

¹ Not registered party Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of South Korea