Laboring People's Party

The Laboring People's Party (Korean근로인민당; Hanja勤勞人民黨[1]) of Korea was a centre-left[2] to left-wing[3] political party in South Korea and North Korea.

Laboring People's Party
근로인민당
LeaderLyuh Woon-hyung
Founded1947
Dissolved1949 (South Korea)
HeadquartersSouth Korea (until 1949)
IdeologySocial democracy
Democratic socialism
Korean reunification
Korean nationalism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing

Under the leadership of Lee Yong, the party continued to operate in North Korea where it participated in elections. It won seats in the Supreme People's Assembly at least in 1957. Two of its delegates were purged in the aftermath of the August Faction Incident sometime between 1957 and 1959.[3]

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  1. ^ 근로인민당(勤勞人民黨). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ 조동걸; 한영우; 박찬승, eds. (1993). 한국의 역사가와 역사학. 창비. p. 211. ISBN 9788936411275. 1947년 5월 그는 여운형을 중심으로 결성된 중도좌파 정당 근로인민당의 부위원장에 추대되어 정치활동을 재개하였다.
  3. ^ a b Tertitskiy, Fyodor (19 September 2017). "1959: Secret elections in North Korea". Daily NK. Retrieved 30 November 2017.