The Laboring People's Party (Korean: 근로인민당; 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 | |
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Leader | Lyuh Woon-hyung |
Founded | 1947 |
Dissolved | 1949 (South Korea) |
Headquarters | South Korea (until 1949) |
Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Korean reunification Korean nationalism |
Political position | Centre-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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edit- ^ 근로인민당(勤勞人民黨). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Tertitskiy, Fyodor (19 September 2017). "1959: Secret elections in North Korea". Daily NK. Retrieved 30 November 2017.