United Socialist Party of Korea

1961–1967 political party in South Korea

United Socialist Party of Korea

통일사회당

Leader| Kim Chul
Founded| January 21, 1961 (1961-01-21)
Dissolved| 1967
Headquarters| South Korea
Newspaper| Minjok Ilbo
Ideology| Social democracy
Anti-October Yushin
Political position| Centre-left to left-wing
International affiliation| Socialist International

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United Socialist Party of Korea

Hangul|

통일사회당

Hanja|

統一社會黨

Revised Romanization| Tongil Sahoedang
McCune–Reischauer| T'ongil Sahoedang

The United Socialist Party of Korea was a Left-wing political party in South Korea. The party was founded in the spring of 1961, through the merger of two groups.[1] The party was led by Kim Chul.[2]

The newly founded party applied for membership in the Socialist International. The party was crushed after the 1961 military takeover of the country. It was banned, most of its leading members arrested and three of its leaders (two editors and a publisher of the party organ Minjok Ilbo) were sentenced to death.[1]

The party was refounded at a congress in Seoul on September 20, 1966.[3] At the time, the party was an observer member of the Socialist International.[3] It claimed a membership of 17,500.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b Kemseke, Peter van. Towards an Era of Development: The Globalization of Socialism and Christian Democracy, 1945-1965. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2006. p. 150
2. ^ Janata, Vol. 30. 1975. p. 59
3. ^ a b Laidler, Harry W. History of Socialism : A Comparative Survey of Socialism, Communism, Trade Unionism, Cooperation, Utopianism, and Other Systems of Reform and Reconstruction. New York: Routledge, 2010. p. 841
4. ^ The Daily review: Supplement, Vol. 16. Новости Пресс Агенций (АПН), 1970. p. xlix

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