Progressive Party (South Korea)

Progressive Party
진보당
Leader Cho Pong-am
General Secretary Yun Kil-chung
Founded January 26, 1956 (1956-01-26) (de facto)
November 10, 1956 (1956-11-10) (de jure)
Dissolved February 25, 1958 (1958-02-25)
Headquarters Jongro 2-ga, Jongro-gu, South Korea
Membership (1956) around 1,500[1]
Ideology Planned Democracy
Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Peaceful reunification
Political position Centre-left to Left-wing
National affiliation South Korea
Progressive Party
Hangul 진보당
Hanja 進步黨
Revised Romanization Jinbodang
McCune–Reischauer Chinbodang

The Progressive Party (Hangul: 진보당; Hanja: 進步黨) was a short-lived moderate socialist political party founded after the Korean War in South Korea under the leadership of Cho Bong-am.[2] It was a major political force from 1956 to 1958, and fell apart in 1959.

References

  1. ↑ "徐·曺 兩氏 對立去益深刻" [The conflict between Seo and Jo is more intensifying]. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 1956-08-12. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  2. ↑ Kim, Yunjong (2016). The Failure of Socialism in South Korea: 1945 - 2007. New York: Routledge. p. 54.
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