Talk:Korean Social Democratic Party

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This article mentions nothing about the fact that it is a prop of the North Korean totalitarian dictatorship and is little more than a puppet organization. It is NOT "democratic." --Sesel 19:01, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"democratic" is part of the name of the party, you can't deny that!!!

KDP was not a puppet from the beginning, but now it actually is. I removed NPOV template and added a few history bits.. And, who wants to hear opinion from some Anonymous? -- Caffelice 11:10, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

"out of the masses’ anti-imperialist, anti-feudal aspirations and demands" is typical pap that comes from North Korea. This article is propaganda.

Social Democratic Party was formerly called Democratic Party, it changed its name in 1990s. (See broadleft.org)

Why does it have to be merged though? you guys want to merge the democratic party of sk and social democratic party of nk? they're not even allies... -kichul chen

The proposed merger tag has been here for ages and is trying to merge two entirely different political parties, so I'm going to remove it.--82.45.163.18 21:10, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

I found the name of the current (as of January 2007) leader of the KSDP in the news from the DPRK this morning so I thought I'd add it in. kev. 11:46, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

The last line, "North Korea, while claiming to be communist and therefore democratic, is actually a single-party dictatorship, in which the Social Democratic Party has no real influence" is biased. It states as fact that North Korea that North Korea isn't communist, or tries to imply that communists reject it. This sounds like a commie (I'm also one, BTW) trying to save face. However, what counts as communist or socialist is a very controversial subject among communists and socialists. The important information - that the Social Democratic Party has no real power - should be included somewhere above in the rest of the article. -MQDuck 14:51, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Here's a proposion of how the fix the last line.

"Most people claim that the party has no real influence over politics in North Korea." --Jonte-- 20:02, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, for what it's worth, I don't have a problem with your proposal Jonte. As for what or who is or is not communist at least as of the 1980s-1990s Kim Il Sung never claimed that they were communists. They were trying for it, but multiple references to moves for 'capturing and occupying the material and ideological fortress of communism...' in volume 8 of the English edition of the Selected Works; indicate that he believed they were still in the transitional socialist period and had not achieved the principle of 'each according to his ability, to each according to his needs....' kev. 10:56, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

"the masses’ anti-imperialist, anti-feudal aspirations and demands to eliminate the aftermath of Japanese imperialist military rule and build a new democratic society." this sounds like it is written by the North Korean news agency. What is the actual role of the party, since obviously NK isn't your standard multi-party democracy?/Marxmax 13:09, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't want to start a big thing here but IMHO we could use a couple of citations for some of the things in this little article. kev. 10:33, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

I also remember reading something about the Worker's Party being formed by a merger between the Democratic Party and the Communist Party back before the war (the one with the UN not the one with the Japanese). I'll have to look it up again when I get the chance. I just bring that up because of the last line in the first paragraph. From what I remember neither the Communist nor the Democratic parties kept a separate identity after the merger so I'm wondering if the Democratic Party referenced in this article (before the 1980s name change) is somehow linked to--or a continuation of--that Democratic Party that merged with the C.P. or if it's a different entity? Again, I'll have to go back and find the articles about the merger and re-read them again. kev. 10:48, 18 September 2007 (UTC)