| Democratic Party 민주당 Minju-dang |
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| Leader | Son Hak-Gyu |
| Spokesperson | Noh Young-min Jeon Hyun-hee |
| Assembly leader | Park Jie-won |
| Founded | February 17, 2008 |
| Merger of | United New Democratic Party, Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | 15-16 Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Ideology | Korean liberalism, Nationalism, Income redistribution, Sunshine Policy |
| Political position | Centre |
| Official colours | Green |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
90 / 299
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| Seats within local government |
1,484 / 3,893
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| Website | |
| minjoo.kr (Korean) englishdp.tistory.com (English) |
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| Politics of South Korea Political parties Elections |
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| Hangul | 민주당 |
| Hanja | 民主黨 |
| Revised Romanization | Minjudang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Minjudang |
The Democratic Party (hangul: 민주당 hanja: 民主黨 ) is a liberal political party in South Korea. The Democratic Party is the main opposition in the 18th Assembly, lasting from 2008 to 2011. now, it become Democratic Unity Party (South Korea)(민주통합당)
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The party was originally formed as the Uri Party (Yeollin Uri-dang) when loyalists to president Roh Moo-hyun in the Millennium Democratic Party chose to break ranks from other party members who showed lukewarm support for the administration. Some 42 out of 103 lawmakers of the Millennium Democratic Party joined the new party, and 5 lawmakers from the Grand National Party also joined, seeking to complete political reforms. As a result of the 2004 Parliamentary election, the party achieved its first nationwide majority in the legislature by winning 152 of 299 seats.
On August 18, 2007, the delegates of the Uri Party decided to disband the party and merge with the newly-created liberal party called the United New Democratic Party (Daetonghap Minjusin-dang). After a year, the United New Democratic Party once again merged back with the Democratic Party previously known as the Millennium Democratic Party on February 17, 2008 to form the United Democratic Party (Tonghap Minju-dang).[1][2] On July 2008 the party had changed its name to the Democratic Party.
In local eletions 2010, Democratic Party (DP) scored a victory in eight mayoral and gubernatorial posts, including the Inchon mayorship.[3]
On December 16th, 2011, The DP, the Citizen Integration Party, and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions are united as the Democratic Unity Party.[4][5]
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