Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)

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Democratic Labor Party 민주노동당
Leader	Lee Jung-hee
Assembly leader	Gang Gi-Gap
Founded	30 January 2000 (2000-01-30)
Dissolved	5 December 2011
Succeeded by	Unified Progressive Party
Headquarters	Jongdo Building, 25-1 Mullaedong2-ga, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
Ideology	Progressivism[1][2] Democratic socialism[3] Korean nationalism[4]
Political position	Left-wing[5][6]
Colours	Orange
Politics of South Korea Political parties Elections

The Democratic Labor Party (DLP, often KDLP) was a progressive and nationalist political party in South Korea. It was founded in January 2000, in the effort to create a political wing for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and was considered more left-wing and more independent of the two union federations in South Korea. Its party president was Lee Jung-hee and its assembly leader , who is twice-elected congressman. In December 2011, the party merged into the Unified Progressive Party.

History[]

The party gained 10 seats in the National Assembly for the first time in the 2004 parliamentary election, made it became the first major left-wing party to enter the Assembly.

Before and during the 2007 presidential election, conflicts arose between the two main factions within the party. The "equality" or the "left" faction, represented by the People's Democracy group, stressed issues ranging from social welfare, civil liberties, and labor rights, and took an antagonistic position against ruling liberal Roh Moo-hyun government.

Against them, the "autonomy" faction, represented by the National Liberation group,^[7] emphasized anti-imperialist struggle and viewed Korean reunification to be a paramount goal. In contrast to the "left" faction, "autonomy" faction advocated "democratic coalition government" (민주연립정부) with the ruling Uri Party, and took a reconciliatory position towards Roh government.

After the 2007 presidential election, the People's Democracy faction quit the party and formed the New Progressive Party (NPP).^[7] Despite the split, DLP gained 5 seats in the National Assembly in the 2008 election, but NPP gained none.^[8] In the 2009 by-election, NPP got one seat. On 5 December 2011, the party merged with the People's Participation Party and a faction of the NPP to found the Unified Progressive Party.

Election results[]

Presidential elections[]

Election	Candidate	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome
2002	Kwon Young-ghil	957,148	3.9%	Lost N
2007	Kwon Young-ghil	712,121	3%	Lost N

Legislative elections[]

Local elections[]

See also[]

• Unified Progressive Party
• Politics of South Korea
• List of political parties
• List of Korea-related topics
• Kwon Young-ghil

References[]

External links[]

• Official website