New Progressive Party (South Korea)
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New Progressive Party
진보신당 |
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| President | Hong Se-hwa (former) |
| Founded | 16 March 2008 22 October 2012 (re-form) |
| Dissolved | 12 April 2012 (dissolution) 23 June 2013 (Labor Party) |
| Merger of | Socialist Party |
| Split from | Democratic Labor Party |
| Succeeded by | Labor Party |
| Headquarters | Daeha Building, 14-11 Yoido-dong, Youngdungpo-gu, Seoul |
| Ideology |
Progressivism Democratic socialism Post-nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Future red |
| Website | |
| www.newjinbo.org | |
| New Progressive Party | |
| Hangul | 진보신당 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jinbo Sin-dang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chinbo Sin-tang |
The New Progressive Party (NPP) was a left-wing political party in South Korea. The New Progressive Party was established by a number of Democratic Labor Party members (known as 'People's Democracy Faction') who left the party in reaction to the dominating Korean nationalist faction.
The first party president was Roh Hoe-chan, who was elected at the 2004 Parliamentary election as a member of the Democratic Labor Party.
The NPP failed to take seats in the National Assembly in the 2008 general election, despite Roh Hoe-chan being expected to win a seat, being that he was winning in most of the pre-vote surveys.
In the 29 April 2009 by-election, the NPP looked to win a seat for the district of Ulsan based on its pro-Labor population statistics. The NPP nominated Cho Seung-soo, former AM in Ulsan Buk-gu, 2005. The NPP negotiated with the Democratic Labor Party to nominate the Progressive sole candidate before the beginning of the by-election. The NPP and DLP finally negotiated the nomination of the candidate Cho Seung-soo to run against the conservative candidates. In the by-election, Cho beat the GNP (Grand National Party) candidate and the NPP finally took one seat.
In the 2010 local government election of mayor of Seoul, NNP candidate Roh Hoe-chan received 3% of the vote. But, the Democratic Party's Han Myung-sook was just behind Oh Se-hoon for 1~2% so, whose supporters criticised him for not retiring.
In 2011, Democratic Labor Party suggested to merge, but in referendum of party members, the proposal failed with 50% approval. Cho Seung-soo left the party, thus the New Progressive Party lost one seat in the Korean National assembly. In December 2011, a faction of the NPP, led by Sim Sang-jeong, left to join the Unified Progressive Party.
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