Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)

2000–2007 political party in South Korea

"Millennium Democratic Party" redirects here. For the party in East Timor, see Millennium Democratic Party (East Timor).

Democratic Party

민주당
民主黨

Abbreviation| MDP
President| Kim Dae-jung (until 2002)
Founded|

* 20 January 2000[a]
* 6 May 2005[b]

Dissolved| 27 June 2007
Merger of| National Congress for New Politics
New People Party
Merged into| Democratic Party (2007)
Headquarters| 25-4, Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
Ideology|

* Liberalism (South Korean)
* Centrist reformism
* Sunshine Policy
* Faction:
* Social liberalism

Political position|

* Centre
* Faction:
* Centre-left

National affiliation| Alliance of DJP (2000–2001)
Colours|

* Blue green[c]
* Turquoise[d]

* Politics of South Korea
* Political parties
* Elections

Democratic Party

Hangul|

민주당

Hanja|

民主黨

Revised Romanization| Minjudang
McCune–Reischauer| Minjudang
Millennium Democratic Party
Hangul|

새천년민주당

Hanja|

새千年民主黨

Revised Romanization| Saecheonnyeon Minjudang
McCune–Reischauer| Saech'ŏnnyŏn Minjudang
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Schools

* Classical
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Principles

* Christianity
* Christian left
* Democratization
* Due process
* Economic freedom
* Economic progressivism
* Environmentalism
* foreign voting rights
* Freedom of the press
* Freedom of religion
* Freedom of speech
* Independence movement
* Korean nationalism
* Pacifism
* Reunification
* Sunshine Policy
* Legal egalitarianism
* Liberal democracy
* Mixed economy
* Republicanism
* Rule of law
* Welfare state

History

* Democracy movements
* 2016–2017 protests
* April
* Daegu
* Gwangju
* Minjung-Gayo
* June
* Donghak Peasant Revolution
* Korean independence movement

People

* Ahn Chang Ho
* Chang Chun-ha
* Chang Myon
* Cho Bong-am
* Cho Kuk
* Chough Pyung-ok
* Han Myeong-sook
* Im Jong-seok
* Jang Hye-young
* Philip Jaisohn
* Kim Dae-jung
* Kim Han-gil
* Kim Je-dong
* Kim Jee-woon
* Kim Kyu-sik
* Kim Ou-joon
* Kim Seong-su
* Kim Young-sam
* Ko Min-jung
* Kwon In-sook
* Lee Jae-myung
* Jasmine Bacurnay Lee
* Lee Nak-yon
* Lee Sang-don
* Na Hye-sok
* Ma Kwang-soo
* Moon Jae-in
* Park Ji-hyun
* Park Jie-won
* Park Jong-chul
* Park Won-soon
* Park Yong-jin
* Roh Moo-hyun
* Rhyu Si-min
* Ryu Ho-jeong
* Shin Hae-chul
* Sim Sang-jung
* Song Jin-woo
* Song Kang-ho
* Sin Ik-hui
* Youn Kun-young
* Yun Po-sun

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* Creative Korea Party
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Parties (Non-Democrat)

* Bareunmirae Party
* Basic Income Party (Present)
* New Politics Alliance for Democracy (pro-Ahn)
* New Political Vision Party
* Dawn of Liberty Party (Present)
* Gaehwa Party (Joseon dynasty)
* Independence Club (Korean Empire era)
* Justice Party (Present)
* National Independence Federation
* New Korea Party (factions)
* People Party
* 2016
* 2020
* Pine Tree Party (Present)
* Korean Provisional Government (Imperial Japanese occupation)
* Transition Korea (Present)

Think tanks

* Democratic Research Institute

Media

* Dong-a Ilbo (historical)
* Hankook Ilbo
* Hankyoreh
* Kyunghyang Shinmun
* OhmyNews
* Tongnip Sinmun (Korean Empire era)

Other organizations

* ASUNARO
* Center for Free Enterprise (libertarian)
* Chingusai
* Federation of Korean Trade Unions
* Korea Democracy Foundation
* New People's Association (Imperial Japanese occupation)
* Minbyun
* Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea
* Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (disputed)

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The Democratic Party (DP; Korean: 민주당; Hanja: 民主黨; RR: Minjudang) was a political party in South Korea. Formerly named Millennium Democratic Party (Korean: 새천년민주당; Hanja: 새千年民主黨; RR: Saecheonnyeonminjudang; MDP), it was renamed on 6 May 2005. After its dissolution, its members joined the Uri Party or the successor Democratic Party.

## History

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Logo of the Millennium Democratic Party

In 2000, the party officially founded, after it merged of National Congress for New Politics and New People Party led by Lee In-je and a number of conservative minded politicians joined it. In the 2000 Parliamentary election the party came second winning 115 seats.

Roh Moo-hyun was elected as president in 2002, but he subsequently left the party after he inaugurated as president and his supporters formed the Uri Party in 2003.

The MDP lost majority when Roh was impeached in March 2004 by the National Assembly for illegal electioneering and incompetence charges with support from the Grand National Party, losing 53 seats to a total of only 9 seats in the 2004 parliamentary election. Roh Moo-hyun was later re-instated by the Constitutional Court, and served as president until the end of his term.

By June 2007, much of the party joined the Uri Party, while the New People faction merged the party with the Central Reform United New Party to form a new Democratic Party.

## Political position

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The Democratic Party is a political party led by Kim Dae-jung individual charisma and is generally classified as "liberalism" (Korean: 자유주의) or "conservative liberalism" (Korean: 보수자유주의 or 보수적 자유주의).[1][2] Later in 2017, South Korea's centre-right conservative politician Ha Tae-keung said of Kim Dae-jung, "He devoted his life to democracy and the market economy in Korea", adding, "He is a big adult in the conservative camp".[3]

South Korean centrist conservative-liberal politician Sohn Hak-kyu said "the (Democratic Party of Korea's) DJ period was a complete 'centrist', but the Roh Moo-hyun government and the Moon Jae-in government were on the 'left-leaning' side". (For your information, "DJ" is an abbreviation for "Dae-jung".)[4]

Kim Dae-jung and the Democratic Party enacted the 'Domestic Violence Prevention Act' (Korean: 가정폭력금지법) and the 'Anti Male and Female Discrimination Act' (Korean: 남녀차별금지법), and established the 'Ministry of Gender Equality" (Korean: 여성부). Also, Kim Dae-jung himself was a feminist.[5] On the other hand, he pursued a typical conservative economic agenda and was called a "Neoliberal Revolutionist" (Korean: 신자유주의 혁명가).[6]

## Presidential election primary

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### Candidates

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This is a list of official pre-registered candidates that declared their 2007 presidential bid.

Name  | Occupation  | Results  | Notes

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Cho Sun-hyeong(조순형)  | Member for Seongbuk-gu-eul  |  | led the impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun in 2004
Kim Min-seok(김민석)  | Former Assembly member |  | Former Seoul mayoral candidate in 2002 local body election(when Lee Myung Bak was elected that position)
Lee In-je Archived 7 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine(이인제)  | Member for Nonsan, Geumsan and Gyeryung |  | Presidential candidate of election 1997
Shin Guk-hwan(신국환)  | Member for Munkyeong and Yecheon |  | Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy of Roh's Administration
Jang Sang(장 상)  | Former leader of Democratic party  |  | Former president of Ewha Womans University

* Kim Yeong-hwan(김영환), former Assembly member and also former Minister of Science and Technology of the Kim Dae-jung Administration has been declared not to run its presidential primary on 31 August 2007[7]

## Election results

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### President

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Election  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | Result

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2002 | Roh Moo-hyun | 12,014,277  | 48.9  | Elected

### Legislature

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Election  | Leader  | Constituency  | Party list  | Seats  | Position  | Status

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Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/-  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/-  | No.  | +/–
2000 | Kim Dae-jung | 6,780,625  | 35.87  |

96 / 227

| new |  |

19 / 46

| new |

115 / 273

| new | 2nd  | Government
2004 | Cho Soon-hyung | 1,698,368  | 7.96  |

5 / 243

|  91  | 1,510,178  | 7.09  |

4 / 56

|  15  |

9 / 299

|  106  | 4th  | Opposition

### Local

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Election  | Metropolitan mayor/Governor | Provincial legislature  | Municipal mayor  | Municipal legislature

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|
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2002 |

4 / 16

143 / 682

44 / 227

2006 |

2 / 16

80 / 733

20 / 230

276 / 2,888

## See also

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* List of political parties in South Korea
* Centrist reformism
* Politics of South Korea
* Elections in South Korea
* Liberalism in South Korea

## Notes

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1. ^ as Millennium Democratic Party
2. ^ as Democratic Party
3. ^ as Democratic Party
4. ^ as Millennium Democratic Party

## References

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1. ^ 조희연, ed. (1998). 한국의민주주의와사회운동: 비판・실천담론의복원과재구성을위하여. 당대. p. 52\. ISBN 9788981630379. "... 90 년대 김대중 정부 는 ' 중도 보수적 자유주의 ' 적 성격 을 지니고 있다는 것이다 . ..."
2. ^ 조희연, ed. (2002). 국가 폭력, 민주주의 투쟁, 그리고 희생: 한국 민주주의 와 사회 운동 의 동학, 2. 함께 읽는 책. p. 503\. ISBN 9788990369079. "... 김대중 과 국민 회의 의 집권 은 김영삼 세력 에 비해 상대적 으로 진보적 이라 할 수 있는 보수적 자유주의 세력 ..."
3. ^ 하태경 "DJ, 빨갱이 꼬리표 떼야…보수진영 어른으로 모셔야" [Ha Tae-keung said, "Let's stop stigmatizing DJ as 'communist' ... We should treat him as an 'adult of the conservative camp'."]. Yonhap News Agency. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
4. ^ "DJ 때 중도였던 민주당, 노무현·문재인 들어 좌편향 심화" [During the DJ period, the Democratic Party, which was in the centre (political position), became left-leaning after Roh Moo-hyun and Moon Jae-in.]. JoongAng Ilbo. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
5. ^ 한국 여성 평등史의 첫 장, 김대중이 있었다. Hankook Ilbo. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
6. ^ 신자유주의 혁명가 김대중의 성공 그리고 한계. SisaIN [ko]. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2021.+[ko]&rft.atitle=신자유주의+혁명가+김대중의+성공+그리고+한계&rft.date=2009-08-24&rft_id=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201908181861331057&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Democratic+Party+(South+Korea,+2000)" class="Z3988">
7. ^ Kim Yeong-hwan announced not to run Archived 4 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Yonhap, Retrieved on 31 August 2007

## External links

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* Democratic Party official site

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* e

Millennium Democratic Party (2000–2005) / Democratic Party (2005–2007)

Leaders (acting)|

* Kim Dae-jung
* Han Kang-ok
* Han Hwa-gap
* Chyung Dai-chul
* Park Sang-cheon
* Cho Sun-hyeong
* Han Hwa-gap
* Chang Sang
* Park Sang-cheon

Presidential candidates
(Presidents)|

* Roh Moo-hyun (2002)

Preceding parties|

* Democratic Party / National Congress for New Politics (1995–2000)

Succeeding parties|

* The People's Party for Freedom / Uri Party (2003-2007)
* Future Creative Grand Unified Democratic New Party / Grand Unified Democratic New Party (2007-2008)

Related articles|

* Liberalism in South Korea

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