On 19 February 2012, at its final Sixteenth Party Congress, the Socialist Party voted by 404 votes to 54 to merge with the New Progressive Party.[1] The party was formally dissolved on 4 March 2012.
The People's Victory 21 (Korean: 국민승리21) party (the later DLP) was formed in preparation for the presidential election of 1997. This was an attempt to unite South Korean progressives in a single party, but dissenting progressives who focused on class struggle argued that there was an excess of nationalism in the VoP21 platform. As an example, they pointed to the slogan of Kwon Young-ghil, VoP21's presidential candidate, "Stand up, Korea!" (Korean: "일어나라 코리아!"). After the election, these dissenting progressives formed the "Youth Progressive Party" (Korean: 청년진보당).
The Youth Progressive Party ran for election to the National Assembly in the Guro-gu local constituency, and attained 4.1% of the votes cast. In August 2001, the party changed its name to "Socialist Party" under the slogan "Against Capitalism, Against WPK", targeting certain nationalists known as the "NL" (National Liberation) faction within the Democratic Labor Party.
The party changed its name to "Hope Socialist Party" (Korean: 희망사회당) in April 2006, and to "Korea Socialist Party" (Korean: 한국사회당) in October 2006 due to the Korean law forbidding the usage of a party name for four years when registration is canceled.
In the 2008 parliamentary elections, the party amassed less than 3% of the vote, and the national election committee consequently canceled its registration. In November, the party re-registered with the name "Socialist Party".
Electionsedit
On several occasions, the party ran candidates for president or parliament, for example Kim Yeong-gyu in the 2002 presidential election, but it never won any elections.
For the 2007 presidential election, Geum Min ran as the party's candidate for president. He proposed the idea of social republicanism, subsequently adopted as a component of the party's platform.
^사회당, 진보신당과의 합당을 위한 수임기관 설치 Archived 14 September 2012 at archive.today Socialist Party, 19 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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socialist, party, south, korea, socialist, party, korean, 사회당, hanja, 社會黨, sahoedang, sahoetang, minor, left, wing, political, party, south, korea, founded, 1998, advocated, ideology, socialism, social, republicanism, peace, environmentalism, socialist, party,. The Socialist Party Korean 사회당 Hanja 社會黨 RR Sahoedang MR Sahoetang SP was a minor left wing political party in South Korea founded in 1998 It advocated an ideology of socialism social republicanism peace and environmentalism Socialist Party 사회당社會黨PresidentAhn Hyo sangFounded29 November 1998 1998 11 29 Dissolved4 March 2012 2012 03 04 Merged intoNew Progressive PartyHeadquarters11F Nagyeong Building 115 62 Gongdeok dong Mapo gu SeoulIdeologySocial democracy citation needed Political positionCentre left to left wingColours Red Black and GreenPolitics of South KoreaPolitical partiesElectionsSocialist PartyHangul사회당Hanja社會黨Revised RomanizationSahoedangMcCune ReischauerSahoetangOn 19 February 2012 at its final Sixteenth Party Congress the Socialist Party voted by 404 votes to 54 to merge with the New Progressive Party 1 The party was formally dissolved on 4 March 2012 Contents 1 History 2 Elections 3 Election results 3 1 President 3 2 Legislature 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe People s Victory 21 Korean 국민승리21 party the later DLP was formed in preparation for the presidential election of 1997 This was an attempt to unite South Korean progressives in a single party but dissenting progressives who focused on class struggle argued that there was an excess of nationalism in the VoP21 platform As an example they pointed to the slogan of Kwon Young ghil VoP21 s presidential candidate Stand up Korea Korean 일어나라 코리아 After the election these dissenting progressives formed the Youth Progressive Party Korean 청년진보당 The Youth Progressive Party ran for election to the National Assembly in the Guro gu local constituency and attained 4 1 of the votes cast In August 2001 the party changed its name to Socialist Party under the slogan Against Capitalism Against WPK targeting certain nationalists known as the NL National Liberation faction within the Democratic Labor Party The party changed its name to Hope Socialist Party Korean 희망사회당 in April 2006 and to Korea Socialist Party Korean 한국사회당 in October 2006 due to the Korean law forbidding the usage of a party name for four years when registration is canceled In the 2008 parliamentary elections the party amassed less than 3 of the vote and the national election committee consequently canceled its registration In November the party re registered with the name Socialist Party Elections editOn several occasions the party ran candidates for president or parliament for example Kim Yeong gyu in the 2002 presidential election but it never won any elections For the 2007 presidential election Geum Min ran as the party s candidate for president He proposed the idea of social republicanism subsequently adopted as a component of the party s platform Election results editPresident edit Election Candidate Votes Result2007 Geum Min 18 223 0 08 Not electedLegislature edit Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats Position StatusVotes Seats Votes Seats No 2004 Geum Min 8 004 0 04 0 243 new 47 311 0 22 0 56 new 0 299 new 9th Extra parliamentary2008 Ahn Hyo sang 35 496 0 21 0 54 nbsp 0 299 nbsp 11th Extra parliamentarySee also editList of political parties in South Korea Politics of South Korea Elections in South Korea Basic income Basic Income Party Socialism in South Korea Progressivism in South KoreaReferences edit 사회당 진보신당과의 합당을 위한 수임기관 설치 Archived 14 September 2012 at archive today Socialist Party 19 February 2012 Retrieved 8 March 2012 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Socialist Party South Korea amp oldid 1185859927, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
