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This article lists political partiesinSouth Korea.
South Korea has a weakly institutionalized multi-party system,[1][2] characterized by frequent changes in party arrangements. At least one of the many political parties have a chance of gaining power alone.
This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (April 2024)
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Party | Abbr. | Leader | Floor leader | Ideology | Political position | Policy toward North | National Assembly | |||
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DPK | Lee Jae-myung | Park Hong-keun | Liberalism (South Korean) | Centre[3]tocentre-left[4] | Pro-Sunshine Policy |
153 / 300
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PPP | Han Dong-hoon | Yoon Jae-ok | Conservatism (South Korean) | Right-wing | Anti-North |
114 / 300
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Without parliamentary group |
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JP | Kim Jun-woo | Sim Sang-jung |
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Centre-lefttoleft-wing[a] | Moderate[b] |
6 / 300
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NFP | Lee Nak-yon | Kim Jong-min | Centrist reformism | N/A | N/A |
5 / 300
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NRP | Lee Jun-seok | Yang Hyang-ja | Conservatism[9] | N/A |
4 / 300
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BIP | Mun Mi-jeong | Yong Hye-in | Universal basic income | Single-issue | None |
1 / 300
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RKP | Cho Kuk | Hwang Un-ha | Progressivism Liberalism Reformism |
Centre-left | Pro-Sunshine Policy[10] |
1 / 300
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LUP | Jeon Kwang-hoon | Hwangbo Seung-hee | Christian conservatism[11] Korean nationalism Anti-communism Anti-Islam |
Far-right | Anti-North |
1 / 300
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PP | Yoon Hee-suk | Kang Sung-hee | Progressivism (South Korean) | Left-wing[c] | Strongly pro-Sunshine Policy[14] |
1 / 300
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of 10 minor conservative parties. Formerly known as the Chungcheong's Future Party. (2020-2023)
These parties are not legal acting political parties yet, but are in the process of gathering petition signatures to become formal political parties.
Party name | Registration date | Party leader | Petitioning deadline | Notes |
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Nuclear Nation Party 핵나라당 |
5 October 2023 | Jeong Hui-won | 5 April 2024 | AHitlerite party that has submitted its attempted registration for the 7th time[19] |
The People's Judgement 국민의심판 |
3 November 2023 | Kim Pil-gyu | 3 May 2024 | |
The People's Sentiment 민심동행 |
6 November 2023 | Shin In-kyu | 6 May 2024 | Created from anti-Yoon conservatives. |
Abolish Special Privileges Party 특권폐지당 |
4 December 2023 | Jang Gi-pyo | 4 June 2024 | Single-issue party aimed at abolishing the law stating that lawmakers cannot be prosecuted while a sitting lawmaker unless approval from two-thirds of parliament. |
Financial Reform Party 금융개혁당 |
17 January 2024 | Shin Mi-sook | 16 June 2024 | |
Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Party 대한상공인당 |
5 February 2024 | Jeong Jae-hoon | 5 August 2024 | Represents the rights of small business owners, self-employed people, small and medium-sized enterprises, and merchants, as well as socially and policy-vulnerable groups such as youth, the disabled, and North Korean defectors. |
Pine Tree Party 소나무당 |
13 Feb 2024 | Song Young-gil | 13 August 2024 | A party created by former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil. |
K-Politics Alliance K정치연합 |
14 February 2024 | Ryu Jong-yeol | 14 August 2024 | |
Korean People's Peace Party 한민족평화당 |
16 February 2024 | Do Cheon-soo | 16 August 2024 | |
Direct Democratic Local Self-Governing Party 직접민주지역자치당 |
27 February 2024 | Im Hyeong-tae | 27 August 2024 | A unified national party of multiple regional parties, as the Constitution of the Republic of Korea does not allow for local or regionalist political parties. |
Democratic Party of Korea (DP), Korean Daeburo Minjudang, centrist-liberal political party in South Korea.
The South Korean President Moon Jae-in's centrist-liberal Democratic Party has also reflected and tactically deployed the considerable popular nationalist sentiment in South Korean society as he vowed in early August that in the escalating bilateral trade dispute the country would "never again lose to Japan".
The Minjoo Party: centre, socially liberal main opposition party, result of a 2014 merger between the Democratic Party and the New Political Vision Party, first party in the Parliament since August 2017
With most of national politics dominated by the centrist Democratic Party and the right-wing Liberty Korea Party (자유한국당), successor to the former governing Saenuri Party, there is little space for the Justice Party to find an opening for electoral success.
Her party, Saenuri, has also remained silent on the issue, in sharp contrast to centrist Minjoo Party [sic], which on Monday urged Seoul to look beyond politics and help its neighbor.
Mr Moon, of the centre-left Democratic Party, unsuccessfully ran against Ms Park in 2012 elections.
A heavyweight figure in the ruling centre-left Democratic party, Park ran South Korea's sprawling capital -- home to almost a fifth of the national population -- for nearly a decade.
Official results showed Yoon, 61, edged out the ruling centre-left Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung to replace Moon, whose single five-year term ends in May.
During the press conference, activists directed their most scathing indictments at the center-left Democratic Party, which despite holding the outright majority in the National Assembly (167 seats) has failed to actively push for the law's enactment.
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