People's Party of Korea 조선인민당(朝鮮人民黨) | |
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| Leader | Lyuh Woon-Hyung |
| Founded | November 12, 1945 |
| Dissolved | February 28, 1947 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
The People's Party of Korea (Korean: 조선인민당; Hanja: 朝鮮人民黨) was a moderate left-wing political party created on November 12, 1945 by Lyuh Woon-Hyung.[1] The People's Party did not claim to exclusively represent a particular class; instead, it tried to represent the entire Korean people.[2] As the Soviet-US Committee failed in 1946, a faction within the People's Party called forty-eighters left the party and formed the Workers Party of South Korea (남조선로동당), in a coalition with Communist Party of South Korea (조선공산당) and New People's Party (신민당).[3] The People's Party dissolved soon thereafter, and Lyuh later formed the Socialist Labourer's Party (사회로동당).
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- ^ Rich, Timothy S. (2019). "Explaining the Success of the People's Party: An Analysis of South Korea's 2016 Legislative Elections". Asian Politics & Policy. 11 (1): 27–42. doi:10.1111/aspp.12432. ISSN 1943-0787.
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