Workers' Party of South Korea

Workers' Party of South Korea
남조선로동당
ChairmanHo Hon
Vice ChairmanPak Hon-yong
Yi Ki-sok
Founded23 November 1946 (1946-11-23)
Dissolved24 June 1949 (1949-06-24)
Merger ofCPK
NPPK
Merged intoWPK
Newspaper
  • Haebang Ilbo (Daily Liberation)
  • Roryŏk Inmin (Working People)
Membership360,000 (1947 estimate)
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
Party flag
Workers' Party of South Korea
Hangul
남조선로동당
Hanja
南朝鮮勞動黨
RRNamjoseon rodongdang
MRNamjosŏn rodongdang

The Workers' Party of South Korea (Korean남조선로동당) was a communist party in South Korea from 1946 to 1949. It is also sometimes colloquially referred to as the "Namro Party" (남로당; 南勞黨).