List of political parties in South Korea
This article lists political parties in South Korea.
South Korea has a weakly institutionalized multi-party system, characterized by frequent changes in party arrangements. Political parties have a chance of gaining power alone.
Current parties
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- ^ The Justice Party is considered a solid 'left-wing' or 'progressive' in South Korea's political landscape. However, some of researchers have evaluated the Justice Party as radical in South Korea's conservative political landscape, but still more moderate than the centre-left social democrats in Europe.
- ^ JP does not support anti-communism and is moderate-open to dialogue with the North Korean government. However, unlike the DPK, which supports a friendly approach to North Korea.
- ^ The Progressive Party is often described as "far-left" in South Korea due to its sympathies toward North Korea, opposition to the U.S. military presence in South Korea, and political similarities with the defunct Unified Progressive Party. This is due to the party descending from the Minjokhaebang-wing (National Liberation faction) of progressivism in South Korea, who were described as being left-wing nationalists, reunificationists and anti-American.
Extra-parliamentary parties
Conservative parties
Centrist (or conservative liberal) parties
Liberal parties
Progressive parties
Single-issue parties
Unknown stances, third position, or syncretic parties
of 10 minor conservative parties. Formerly known as the Chungcheong's Future Party. (2020-2023)
- Taegon Party (태건당), a pseudo-religious party created from the Dragon Empire religious cult.
Parties in formation
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
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Registration date
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Party leader
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Petitioning deadline
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Notes
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Nuclear Nation Party 핵나라당
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5 October 2023
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Jeong Hui-won
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5 April 2024
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A Hitlerite party that has submitted its attempted registration for the 7th time
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The People's Judgement 국민의심판
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3 November 2023
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Kim Pil-gyu
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3 May 2024
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The People's Sentiment 민심동행
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6 November 2023
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Shin In-kyu
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6 May 2024
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Created from anti-Yoon conservatives.
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Abolish Special Privileges Party 특권폐지당
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4 December 2023
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Jang Gi-pyo
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4 June 2024
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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.
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Financial Reform Party 금융개혁당
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17 January 2024
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Shin Mi-sook
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16 June 2024
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Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Party 대한상공인당
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5 February 2024
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Jeong Jae-hoon
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5 August 2024
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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.
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Pine Tree Party 소나무당
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13 Feb 2024
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Song Young-gil
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13 August 2024
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A party created by former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil.
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K-Politics Alliance K정치연합
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14 February 2024
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Ryu Jong-yeol
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14 August 2024
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Korean People's Peace Party 한민족평화당
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16 February 2024
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Do Cheon-soo
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16 August 2024
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Direct Democratic Local Self-Governing Party 직접민주지역자치당
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27 February 2024
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Im Hyeong-tae
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27 August 2024
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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.
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Defunct parties
Timeline of all mainstream political parties
Conservative parties
Mainstream parties
Minor parties
Liberal parties
Mainstream parties
Minor parties
Progressive parties
Green parties
Unknown or syncretic parties
See also
Notes
- ^ an unregistered left-wing to far-left political party. It is unable to register due to a ban on openly socialist or communist parties under the National Security Act.
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- ^ The Democratic Party of Korea is described as a centrist party by numerous sources:
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- "Political Populism: Eroding Asia's Complex Interdependence? – Analysis". Eurasia Review. 1 November 2019. 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".
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- ^ " '극좌'에서 '극우'까지 ... '배당금黨'에 '결혼당'도 출현" From 'far left' to 'far right' ... 'Dividend Party' and 'Marriage Party' have also emerged.]. 뉴스웍스. 26 January 2020.
- ^ " 김재연 후보, 유엔 총회 앞두고 "남북교류협력 가로막는 대북제재 해제하라"". Progressive Party.
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- ^ "국민의힘, 시대전환 흡수 합당…조정훈 합류로 112석".
- ^ Yonhap News Agency, December 19, 2014, , “...South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday ordered the dissolution of a pro-North Korean minor opposition party...”
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