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Unified Progressive Party
LeaderRhyu Si-min, Lee Jung-hee, Sim Sang-jeong
Founded5 December 2011 (2011-12-05)
Merger ofPeople's Participation Party, Democratic Labor Party, elements of the New Progressive Party
HeadquartersNoryangjin-ro 12, Solbom Building 12th floor, Dongjak-gu, Seoul
IdeologyKorean liberalism[1]
Progressivism[2]
Political positionLeft-wing[3][4]
ColoursPurple
Seats in the National Assembly
13 / 300
Website
(Korean)
Unified Progressive Party
Hangul
통합진보당
Hanja
統合進步黨
Revised RomanizationTonghap Jinbodang
McCune–ReischauerTonghapjinbodang

The Unified Progressive Party (UPP; Template:Lang-ko, RR: Tonghap Jinbo-dang, Hanja: 統合進步黨) is a left-leaning political party in South Korea. It was founded on 5 December 2011 as a merger of the Democratic Labor Party, the People's Participation Party of Rhyu Si-min, and a faction of the New Progressive Party.[2][5] It is jointly chaired by Rhyu Si-min, Lee Jung-hee, and Sim Sang-jeong[6][4]

The UPP has proposed an alliance with the major liberal Democratic United Party (DUP), which the DUP has rejected.[4]

In the 2012 National Assembly election the party gained eight seats for a total of thirteen seats out of 300, advancing to the third position, well ahead of the conservative Liberty Forward Party (which lost most of its seats).

On 24 April 2012, the party provisionally voted to drop the "Unified" component of its name, and adopt the name "Progressive Party". The change is subject to a vote of the party's Central Committee on 13 May.[7] On 3 May 2012, the party internal investigation revealed that wide-ranging irregularities occurred in selecting UPP's proportional representation candidates.[8][9] UPP won six proportional representatives in the 11 April general election,[10] but one legislator resigned amid the election scandal.

References

  1. ^ Chung Min-uck (5 December 2011), "Minor liberal parties launch coalition", The Korea Times, retrieved 14 March 2012
  2. ^ a b "Minor parties launch 'Unified Progressive Party'", The Korea Times, 5 December 2011, retrieved 1 February 2012
  3. ^ Liberal parties agree to field unified candidates for April elections, Yonhap News Agency, 10 March 2012
  4. ^ a b c Bae Hyun-jung (20 January 2012), "Minority parties struggle", The Korea Herald, retrieved 1 February 2012
  5. ^ "S. Korea's minor parties coalesce to form new progressive party", People's Daily Online, 5 December 2012, retrieved 1 February 2012
  6. ^ Progressive parties unified, Yonhap News Agency, retrieved 1 February 2012
  7. ^ Progressives drop ‘united’ from party name, The Korea Herald. 24 April 2012, retrieved 24 April 2012.
  8. ^ "UPP should clearly settle vote irregularity scandal". Yonhap News. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  9. ^ Huh Yun-seok(허윤석) (3 May 2012). "'지도부 사퇴' 밝힌 진보당, 비례대표 거취 '충돌'". SBS (in Korean). Retrieved 3 May 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Kim Hee-jin (3 May 2012). "UPP admits its primary was rigged". JoongAng daily. Retrieved 3 May 2012. {{cite news}}: Text "home" ignored (help); Text "top" ignored (help)