The Korean National party(Korean:한국국민당, hanja:韓國國民黨, KNP) is a conservative and republican political party in South Korea. Successor of Democratic-Republican Party, their was Ruling Party of 1962 - 1980. their major rivals Party of Democratic Justice Party. Its Korean name, 'Hangukkukmin', has a double meaning as "Korean Peolpe." renamed of New Democratic-Repulbican Party, by 1987. Four parties fielded candidates to run for president: Chun for the Democratic Justice Party (DJP), Yu Ch'i-song of the Democratic Korea Party (DKP), Kim Chong of the Korean National Party (KNP), and Kim Ui-t'aek of the Civil Rights Party (CRP).[1]
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