List of political parties in South Korea

This article lists political parties in South Korea.

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South Korea has a weakly institutionalized multi-party system,[1][2] characterized by frequent changes in party arrangements. Political parties have a chance of gaining power alone.

Current parties

Main parties
Party Abbr. Leader Floor leader Ideology Political position Policy toward North National Assembly
Parliamentary group  
DPK Lee Jae-myung Park Hong-keun
Centre[3] to centre-left[4] Soft pro-Sunshine
169 / 300
 
PPP Kim Gi-hyeon Joo Ho-young
Right-wing ROK nationalism
116 / 300
Without parliamentary group
JP Lee Jeong-mi Bae Jin-gyo
Centre-left to left-wing Moderate[lower-alpha 3]
6 / 300
BIP Shin Ji-Hae Yong Hye-in
Universal basic income None
1 / 300
PP Yoon Hee-suk
  • Collective leadership
Left-wing[lower-alpha 4] Hard pro-Sunshine[9]
1 / 300
 TK Cho Jung-hun Cho Jung-hun
Centre Moderate
1 / 300
  1. The DPK is considered a "liberal" or "social-liberal" party because it advocates moderate Keynesian economic policies, opposition to PPP, liquidation of right-wing authoritarianism and political reform. However, there is controversy that the DPK does not support policies that conform to social liberalism in terms of cultural policy.
  2. JP officially claims to be a social democratic party, but JP's political position in South Korean politics is very complicated. Some politicians point out that JP is fiscally-conservative (재정 보수주의)/anti-populist in a relative sense than social-liberal populists such as Lee Jae-myung. However, JP is considered a more progressive party (진보정당) than minjudanggye party (민주당계 정당) DPK, because it takes a much more leftist stance than DPK on subjects such as labor rights, minority rights, and political reform.
  3. JP does not support anti-communism and is moderate-open to dialogue with the North Korean government. However, unlike the DPK, which supports a friendly approach to North Korea, JP puts the South Korean people first.[5][6]
  4. The Progressive Party is often described as "far-left" in South Korea due to its sympathies toward North Korea, opposition to the U.S. military presence in South Korea, and political similarities with the defunct Unified Progressive Party.[7][8] This is due to the party descending from the Minjokhaebang-wing (National Liberation faction) of progressivism in South Korea, who were described as being left-wing nationalists, reunificationists and anti-American.

Conservative parties
Main article: Conservatism in South Korea

Centrist (or conservative liberal) parties

Liberal parties
Main article: Liberalism in South Korea

Progressive parties
Main article: Progressivism in South Korea

Single-issue parties

Unknown stances, third position, or syncretic parties

Parties in formation

These parties are not legal acting political parties yet, but are in the process of gathering petition signatures to become formal political parties.

Party name Registration date Party leader Petitioning deadline Notes
The Feminism Party
페미니즘당		 14 February 2020 Lee Ga-hyun Founding Congress still in session. Has not filed paperwork, but runs candidates as independents.
Nuclear Country Party
핵나라당		 22 February 2022 Jeong Hui-won 22 August 2022
Golden Nationals
금도환국당		 3 June 2022 Ahn Dong-ok 30 November 2022
Open Democratic Party
열린민주당		 21 June 2022 Kim Sang-gyun 30 December 2022 A recreation of the now-dissolved Open Democratic Party, which merged with the Democratic Party on January 12, 2022.

Defunct parties
Timeline of all mainstream political parties

Conservative parties
Main article: Conservatism in South Korea

Mainstream parties

Minor parties

Liberal parties
Main article: Liberalism in South Korea

Mainstream parties

Minor parties

Progressive parties
Main article: Progressivism in South Korea

Green parties

See also

Notes
  1. an unregistered left-wing to far-left political party. It is unable to register due to a ban on openly socialist or communist parties under the National Security Act.

References
  1. Wong, Joseph (2015). "South Korea's Weakly Institutionalized Party System". Party System Institutionalization in Asia: Democracies, Autocracies, and the Shadows of the Past. Cambridge University Press. pp. 260–279.
  2. Wong, Joseph (2012). "Transitioning from a dominant party system to multi-party system: The case of South Korea". Friend or Foe? Dominant Party Systems in Southern Africa: Insights from the Developing World. United Nations University Press. pp. 68–84.
  3. The Democratic Party of Korea is described as a centrist party by numerous sources:
  5. ""국민 생명이 먼저" 정의당, 북에도 할 말 하겠다는 '신노선'". The Hankyoreh. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. "정의당도 요구한 對北 규탄결의안, 민주당 "北 이미 사과했다" 버티기". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. "Female prosecutor opens up about sexual harassment". koreaherald. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2020. "Members of the far-left minor opposition Minjung Party protest, demanding the Prosecution’s apology and an investigation into a female prosecutor’s sexual harassment allegations, in front of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seoul on Tuesday."
  8. "[4·15 총선 앗싸①] '극좌'에서 '극우'까지 ... '배당금黨'에 '결혼당'도 출현" [[April 15 general elections] From 'far left' to 'far right' ... 'Dividend Party' and 'Marriage Party' have also emerged.]. 뉴스웍스. 26 January 2020.
  9. "[보도자료] 김재연 후보, 유엔 총회 앞두고 "남북교류협력 가로막는 대북제재 해제하라"". Progressive Party.
  10. "중앙당 등록공고(대한국민당)".
  11. "국민대통합당". pgup.or.kr.
  12. "중앙당 등록공고(통일한국당)".
  13. "'새로운물결' 창당 선언한 김동연 "별칭은 '오징어당'…정치 바꾸겠다"". 조선비즈. October 24, 2021.
  14. Yonhap News Agency, December 19, 2014, , “...South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday ordered the dissolution of a pro-North Korean minor opposition party...”
  15. "'노동당·사회변혁노동자당' 통합정당 2월5일 출범 < 정당 < 정치ㆍ경제 < 기사본문 - 매일노동뉴스". 18 January 2022.

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