Unified Progressive Party
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Unified Progressive Party | |
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| Leader | Rhyu Si-min, Lee Jung-hee, Sim Sang-jeong |
| Founded | 5 December 2011 |
| Merger of | People's Participation Party, Democratic Labor Party, elements of the New Progressive Party |
| Headquarters | Noryangjin-ro 12, Solbom Building 12th floor, Dongjak-gu, Seoul |
| Ideology | Korean liberalism[1] Progressivism[2] |
| Political position | Left-wing[3][4] |
| Colours | Purple |
| Seats in the National Assembly | 13 / 300
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| Unified Progressive Party | |
| Hangul | 통합진보당 |
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| Hanja | 統合進步黨 |
| Revised Romanization | Tonghapjinbodang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tonghapjinbodang |
The Unified Progressive Party (UPP) 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).
References
- ^ Chung Min-uck (5 December 2011), "Minor liberal parties launch coalition", The Korea Times, retrieved 14 March 2012
- ^ a b "Minor parties launch 'Unified Progressive Party'", The Korea Times, 5 December 2011, retrieved 1 February 2012
- ^ Liberal parties agree to field unified candidates for April elections, Yonhap News Agency, 10 March 2012
- ^ a b c Bae Hyun-jung (20 January 2012), "Minority parties struggle", The Korea Herald, retrieved 1 February 2012
- ^ "S. Korea's minor parties coalesce to form new progressive party", People's Daily Online, 5 December 2012, retrieved 1 February 2012
- ^ Progressive parties unified, Yonhap News Agency, retrieved 1 February 2012
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