New People's Party (South Korea)

The New People's Party (Korean새민중정당; Hanja새民衆政黨; lit. New People's Political Party) was a South Korean left-wing political party that formed on 3 September 2017.[1] The original name was "Dream of People" (민중의 꿈) as a civic group,[1] but it was changed to its current name by July 2017. The party was planning to combine with the People's United Party, also a left-wing party.[2] Both parties were created by former members of the Unified Progressive Party, which dissolved in 2014. The party gained 2 seats out of 300 in the National Assembly in 2016, both of them from Ulsan.

New People's Party
새민중정당
Founded3 September 2017
Dissolved15 October 2017
Succeeded byMinjung Party
IdeologyProgressivism
Korean nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing

On 15 October 2017, the combination was done and rebuilt as Minjung Party.[3]

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  1. ^ a b "'새민중정당' 창당준비위 출범…통진당 출신 주도".
  2. ^ "진보정당 표방 '새민중정당 대전시당' 창당출범대회 개최". OhmyNews. 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ "민중당 공식 출범 "민중 승리시대 열 것" 포부". 15 October 2017.

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