Rebuilding Korea Party
Rebuilding Korea Party 조국혁신당 | |
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| Abbreviation | RKP |
| Leader | Cho Kuk (ERC) |
| Secretary-General | Vacant |
| Floor Leader | Seo Wang-Jin |
| Chair of the Policy Planning Committee | Chung Choon-saeng |
| Founder | Cho Kuk |
| Founded | 3 March 2024 |
| Split from | Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | 93 Jandari-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Membership (2024) | 170,000 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left |
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| Slogan | 3년은 너무 길다! ('3 Years is Too Long!') |
| National Assembly | 12 / 300 |
| Metropolitan mayors and governors | 0 / 17 |
| Municipal mayors | 1 / 226 |
| Provincial and metropolitan councillors | 0 / 872 |
| Municipal councillors | 7 / 2,988 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| rebuildingkoreaparty | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 조국혁신당 |
| Hanja | 祖國革新黨 |
| Lit. | Homeland Innovation Party |
| RR | Joguk hyeoksindang |
| MR | Choguk hyŏksindang |
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The Rebuilding Korea Party (RKP; Korean: 조국혁신당; lit. 'Homeland Innovation Party') is a South Korean political party founded by former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk ahead of the 2024 South Korean legislative election. The name of the party can be pronounced as 'Jo-guk Hyeok-sin Dang' in Korean. The word 'Jo-guk' refers to 'Fatherland' (Korea), but also refers to the name of the party founder Cho Kuk, which shares the same spelling in Korean. However, the Hanja is different. Cho Kuk resigned as party leader in December 2024 following the Supreme Court decision to uphold his two-year prison sentence for document falsification.
The RKP is considered to be a more left-leaning alternative to the mainstream Democratic Party. The party opposes what it refers to as a "prosecutorial dictatorship" and considered President Yoon Suk-yeol's administration complicit in maintaining it. Thus, the party prioritizes reforming and depoliticizing the country's Public Prosecutor's Office. It also supports greater government intervention in the economy and pushes for an expansion of the social safety net.