Party for Democracy and Peace

2018–2020 political party in South Korea

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Party for Democracy and Peace

민주평화당
民主平和黨

Founded| 6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)[1] (de facto)
7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)[2] (de jure)
Dissolved| February 2020 (2020-02)
Split from| People[1]
Merged into| Minsaeng Party
Ideology|

* Liberalism (South Korean)[3][A]
* Conservative liberalism[4][5]
* Regionalism[6]
* Centrist reformism[7]

Political position| Centre[8][9][A]
Website
peaceparty.co.kr

* Politics of South Korea
* Political parties
* Elections

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^ A: It is also sometimes rated as centre-left[10] or centre-right.[11] And the Party for Democracy and Peace is sometimes described as a conservative party and has a more social conservative tendency than the Liberty Korea Party.[12][13][14]

Party for Democracy and Peace

Hangul|

민주평화당

Hanja|

民主平和黨

Revised Romanization| Minjupyeonghwadang
McCune–Reischauer| Minjup'yŏnghwadang
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Schools

* Classical
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Principles

* Christianity
* Christian left
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* Economic freedom
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* Freedom of the press
* Freedom of religion
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* Democracy movements
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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
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* Kim Han-gil
* Kim Je-dong
* Kim Jee-woon
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* Kwon In-sook
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* 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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* New Politics Alliance for Democracy
* Open Democratic Party
* Participation Party
* Party for Democracy and Peace
* Peace Democratic Party
* People Party (2016) (non-Ahn)
* Platform Party
* Real Democratic Party
* Reunification Democratic Party
* Uri Party

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)
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* National Independence Federation
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* 2016
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* 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
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* 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 Party for Democracy and Peace (Korean: 민주평화당; Hanja: 民主平和黨; RR: Minjupyeonghwadang, sometimes translated as the Democratic Peace Party) was a liberal[1] political party in South Korea. The name "Democratic Peace Party" is known to have been named by Lee Sang-don (이상돈), a conservative liberal in South Korea.[4]

## History

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Headquarters of Party for Democracy and Peace

The party was founded by People Party dissidents who were in a faction that was closely associated with late former President Kim Dae-jung.[15]

Plans for the new party came about following a decision by People Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo and Bareun Party leader Yoo Seong-min to merge their respective parties in January 2018 that would go onto form the Bareunmirae Party.[16] The initial announcement was called "hasty" for being presented before votes were cast among each respective parties' members.[16] This plan for merging the centrist People Party with the centre-right Bareun Party faced opposition within the People Party, especially with lawmakers from North and South Jeolla which noted to be liberal-leaning provinces.[16]

On 28 January, sixteen lawmakers from the People Party, including former floor leader and party leader Park Jie-won as well as Chung Dong-young announced their plans to form what is now the Party for Democracy and Peace.[15]

The party formerly formed a parliamentary group with the Justice Party called the Lawmakers for Peace and Justice.[17] The parliamentary group was disbanded after the death of Roh Hoe-chan, an MP from Justice Party.

On 12 August 2019, two-thirds of the members of Parliament for the Party for Democracy and Peace stated that they will be leaving the Party and starting new. “The Party for Democracy and Peace was launched to solidify the identity of the democracy group that succeeded the spirit of the Gwangju Uprising, and to restore the pride of the peace group to develop the Sunshine Policy. But for the past year and a half we have failed to meet the public’s expectations and desire,” said party Floor Leader You Sung-yop during a press conference at the National Assembly.[18]

## Political position

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The PDP is a party led by the "pro-Kim Dae-jung" forces (who led the Millennium Democratic Party, a conservative liberal party).[15] During the administration of Roh Moo-hyun, the Party for Democracy and Peace and the Democratic Party used to be united as the Uri Party.[19] During that time, both Lee Hae-chan (incumbent leader of DP) and Chung Dong-young (incumbent leader of PDP) were in the same party and cabinet.[19]

In social policy, the party tends to be more conservative than Democratic Party. The party opposes same-sex marriages and abortion. Especially on the abortion issue, the party is more conservative than the Liberty Korea Party.[13][14][12] Because of this socialiy conservative tendency, some media have classified Party for Democracy and Peace as conservative parties along with the Bareunmirae Party and Liberty Korea Party.[5]

## Electoral results

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

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2018 | Cho Bae-sook |

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3 / 824

5 / 226

48 / 2,927

## See also

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* Fiscal conservatism
* People Party (South Korea, 2016)
* Blue Dog Coalition
* Liberalism in South Korea

## References

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1. ^ a b c Jo, He-rim (6 February 2018). "People Party defectors launch new liberal party". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
2. ^ "정당등록현황". National Election Commission. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
3. ^ "(LEAD) Defectors from People Party create new liberal party". Yonhap. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
4. ^ a b "보수적 자유주의자 이상돈의 엑스파일" [Conservative liberal, Lee Sang-don's X-file.]. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
5. ^ a b "Three conservative opposition parties, "President Roh, apologize for canceling his pledge to relocate the office to Gwanghwamun". (Korean)". views&news. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
6. ^ "The merger of the three Honam region political parties - the Bareunmirae Party, New Alternatives, and the Democratic and Peace Party" (in Korean). Hankyoreh. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
7. ^ "평화당 첫돌 "중도개혁 중심" 포부… 정계개편설에 안팎 어수선". Hankook Ilbo. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
8. ^ "민주평화당發 '민평-정의 공동교섭단체론'…순항할까". Naver. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
9. ^ "First anniversary of the Peace Party, "centrist-reform" aspirations... an internal and external fishline in the political realignment theory". Naver. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
10. ^ Shim, Elizabeth (20 August 2018). "South Korea advocates call for Jeju Massacre reparations". United Press International. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
11. ^ ""조성은, ISIS 수준 테러리스트이자 구태정치 괴물"". United Press International (in Korean). 24 September 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021. "... 당시 정가에선 중도우파인 민주평화당 출신 조 씨와 중도좌파 성향의 정의당 출신 김 전 사무총장이 투톱으로 나선 것에 주목했다. ..." [... At that time, the political community noted that Cho, a former member of the center-right Democratic Peace Party, and former Secretary-General Kim, a former member of the center-left Justice Party, were two-top. ...]
12. ^ a b "'낙태죄 존폐' 입장표명 조심하는 민주-한국". Naver. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
13. ^ a b "정당들 '동성애 합법화' 반대 공감… 방법론선 온도차". Naver. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
14. ^ a b "지방선거 코앞…교계 '낙태·동성애 문제' 최대 이슈". Daily Good News. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
15. ^ a b c Jo, He-rim (28 January 2018). "People's Party dissenters establish preparation committee for new party". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
16. ^ a b c Choi, Ha-young (18 January 2018). "Two minor parties declare merger". The Korea Times. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
17. ^ "정의당, 오늘 사상 첫 국회교섭단체 된다…전국위 최종 승인" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-11-28.
18. ^ "Over two-thirds of Party for Democracy and Peace lawmakers bolt". Retrieved 2019-08-12.
19. ^ a b "이해찬·김병준·정동영… 여야 지도부 '노무현정부 사람들'". Chungcheong Daily News. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

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Party for Democracy and Peace (2018–2020)

Leaders (acting)|

* Cho Bae-sook
* Chung Dong-young

Parliamentary group|

* Peace and Justice (2018)

Preceding parties|

* People's Party (2016–2018)

Splinter parties|

* New Alternatives (2019-2020)

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* Minsaeng Party (2020- )

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