Progressive Party (South Korea, 2017)
Progressive Party 진보당 | |
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| Leader | Kim Jae-yeon |
| Secretary-General | Shin Chang-hyun |
| Floor Leader | Yoon Jong-oh |
| Co-leaders | See list
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| Chair of the Policy Planning Committee | Jang Jin-sook |
| Founded | 15 October 2017 |
| Merger of | |
| Headquarters | 130 Sajik-ro, Jongno District, Seoul |
| Membership (2023) | 98,074 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Democratic Alliance of Korea (2024) |
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| Slogan | 든든한 우리편 ('Always reliable and at our side') |
| National Assembly | 4 / 300 |
| Metropolitan Mayors and Governors | 0 / 17 |
| Municipal Mayors | 1 / 226 |
| Provincial and Metropolitan Councillors | 4 / 872 |
| Municipal Councillors | 18 / 2,960 |
| Website | |
| jinboparty | |
^ A: The Progressive Party is often described as "far-left" in South Korea due to its sympathies toward North Korea, opposition to the U.S. military presence in South Korea, and political similarities to the defunct Unified Progressive Party (UPP; 통합진보당). | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 진보당 |
| Hanja | 進步黨 |
| RR | Jinbodang |
| MR | Chinbodang |
| Minjung Party | |
| Hangul | 민중당 |
| Hanja | 民衆黨 |
| RR | Minjungdang |
| MR | Minjungdang |
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The Progressive Party (Korean: 진보당) is a left-wing progressive and left-wing nationalist political party in South Korea.
The Minjung Party was founded in October 2017 as a merger of the New People's Party and People's United Party, both of which were continuations of the banned Unified Progressive Party. Initially holding three seats in the National Assembly, the party lost its remaining seat in the 2020 legislative election. In June 2020, the party changed its name to the Progressive Party. In 2023, the party came under investigation by President Yoon Suk-yeol's administration for its alleged links to North Korea. In an April 2023 by-election, it gained one seat in the National Assembly. In the 2024 legislative election, they joined the Democratic Party-led Democratic Alliance of Korea and gained three seats.
The Progressive Party is generally considered to be left-wing and progressive, and is sometimes labeled as far-left. The party is economically progressive, and favors policies to redistribute wealth and regulate chaebol companies. It holds socially progressive views, favoring ending conscription and expanding women's rights and LGBT rights. It advocates dissolving the alliance between the United States and South Korea and reconciling and lifting sanctions on North Korea.