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The Democratic Party of Korea (Шаблон:KoreanШаблон:Efn, Шаблон:Lit. Together Democratic Party; DPK), formerly known as the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (Шаблон:Korean, NPAD), is a centrist-liberalШаблон:Refn South Korean political party. The DPK and its rival, the People Power Party (PPP), form the two major political parties of South Korea. Шаблон:Infobox Korean name The NPAD was founded on 26 March 2014 out of a merger of the Democratic Party and the preparatory committee of the New Political Vision Party (NPVP). The party changed its name to the DPK on 28 December 2015. In 2022, the Democratic Party, the Open Democratic Party,[1] and the New Wave political party[2] merged to form a big tent party.[3][4]

History

Formation and Ahn–Kim leadership (March – July 2014)

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Headquarters of the Democratic Party
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Logo of the NPAD (2014–2015)

On 26 March 2014, the New Politics Alliance for Democracy[5] was founded after an independent group led by Ahn Cheol-soo, in the process of forming the New Political Vision Party, merged with the Democratic Party led by Kim Han-gil. The former Democratic Party was absorbed into the NPAD and the preparatory committee of the NPVP was dissolved. Members who supported the merger joined the NPAD individually. Ahn and Kim became joint leaders of the new party.[6] When the party performed poorly in by-elections that July, both leaders stepped down. The leadership of the party was then assumed by an emergency committee.[7]

Ahn–Moon split (2015 – 16)

On 7 February 2015, a party convention elected Moon Jae-in as the new chairman of the party.[8] Moon, who had previously served as chief of staff for former president Roh Moo-hyun,[8] was the leader of the party's "pro-Roh" faction, which was opposed to Ahn and Kim. Moon came under fire for imposing a "pro-Roh hegemony" in the party, as Ahn and Kim were jeered and harassed at a memorial service for Roh held in May 2015.[9]

As the factional conflict intensified, the party lost support, falling from around 40 to 30 percent in opinion polls.[10] A survey conducted on 12–14 November 2015, showed that supporters of the party wanted Ahn and Seoul mayor Park Won-soon to assume the leadership alongside Moon.[11] On 29 November, Ahn rejected a proposal from Moon to establish joint leadership[12] and presented Moon with a demand to call a convention to elect a new party leader. Moon rejected his demand,[13] and Ahn left the party.[14]

Ahn was followed by a number of NPAD assembly members, including his former co-leader Kim Han-gil[15][16] and Kwon Rho-kap, a former aide of President Kim Dae-jung from the party's stronghold of Honam.[17] Ahn and Kim merged their groups with that of another defector from the NPAD, Chun Jung-bae, to form the People Party.[18]

Following the defections, the NPAD was renamed the Democratic Party of Korea on 27 December 2015, and Moon resigned as party leader on 27 January 2016.[19] Kim Chong-in, an academic and former assemblyman who served as an economic advisor to President Park Geun-hye, was appointed party leader.[20][21] Kim was seen as an unexpected choice, as he had previously worked for the conservative Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo administrations in the 1980s,[22] serving as an assembly member for the ruling Democratic Justice Party and as health and welfare minister.[23]

Under Kim Chong-in (January – August 2016)

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First logo used as the Democratic Party

Kim Chong-in viewed the pro-Roh Moo-hyun faction and what he considered the extremist wing of the party as responsible for the party's troubles and pledged to diminish their influence.[24]

In the lead-up to the 2016 legislative election, he deselected Lee Hae-chan, who had been Prime Minister under Roh and was now chairman of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, as a candidate.[25] Lee left the party in response.[24] Many of Kim's nominations for the party's list were rejected by the rest of the party leadership, while favored candidates of Moon were ranked near the top of the approved list. Kim offered to resign in March but stayed on as leader after a visit from Moon.[26] Kim stated that he would continue to attempt to change the party's image, saying that the events had shown the party was "still unable to move on from its old ways".[20]

2016 legislative election

Though losing votes to the People's Party formed by Ahn, Chun, and Kim Han-gil—particularly in Honam[10]—the party emerged as the overall winner of the election, receiving a plurality of seats (123 seats) in the National Assembly with a margin of one seat over the Saenuri Party. Lee Hae-chan returned to the Assembly as an independent, representing Sejong City. Following its electoral victory, Kim announced that the Democratic Party would shift its focus from welfare to economic growth and structural reform. Kim stated that the party would also change its position to support the establishment of for-profit hospitals, in contrast to the party's earlier opposition to the policy.[27]

Under Choo Mi-ae (August 2016 – August 2018)

2017 presidential election

Шаблон:See also After the constitutional court impeached President Park Geun-hye for bribery, the Democratic Party's Moon Jae-in won the presidential election with 41.1% of the vote, with Hong Joon-pyo of Liberty Korea coming in second with 24%.Шаблон:Fact

Under Lee Hae-chan (August 2018 – August 2020)

2020 legislative election

Шаблон:See also On 15 April 2020, the Democratic Party and its allies won an absolute majority with 180 seats in the 300-member National Assembly. The main opposition United Future Party (UFP) won 103 seats.[28]

Under Lee Nak-yon (August 2020 – March 2021)

On 9 March 2021, Lee Nak-yon resigned as the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea to run for president in the 2022 South Korean presidential election.[29]

2021 by-elections

Following the major losses in the 2021 by-elections, the party leadership was reorganized.[30] Do Jong-hwan became the interim party president.[30]

Under Song Young-gil (May 2021 – August 2022)

2022 presidential election

In October 2021, the Democratic Party nominated Lee Jae-myung as its nominee in the 2022 presidential election over other contenders such as former Democratic Party leaders Lee Nak-yon and Choo Mi-ae. Lee ultimately lost the election with 47.83% of the vote.[31]

Under Lee Jae-myung (August 2022 – present)

Шаблон:More citations needed section After a short non-captain system, Lee Jae-myung was elected as the party representative with 77% of the vote. After being elected as the party leader, the party held a rally to condemn the prosecution's investigation into the party leader. The motion to arrest the party leader was rejected by a narrow margin.[32] A faction friendly to Lee Jae-myung (친명) and a neutral faction (비명) were at odds over the agenda for the party representative's arrest motion.Шаблон:Cn The pro-Lee Jae-myung faction argued that the party leader won nearly 80% of the party's vote and that the opinion polls of the party's supporters overwhelmingly support the rejection of the arrest motion. At the same time, he criticized non-Lee Jae-myeong-gye lawmakers who agreed to the arrest motion.Шаблон:Cn Non-Lee Jae-myung lawmakers insisted that the party and the representative's problems be separated and responded to, and argued that the party's overall approval rating was falling because of the party's representative.[33]

The "Gaeddal (개딸)" short for "Gaehyeok Ui Ddaleul (개혁의 딸들, meaning 'daughters of the reformation')," younger party members with a strong propensity to support Lee Jae-myeong, put pressure on lawmakers who seemed to have opposed the motion for Lee Jae-myeong's arrest. Regarding this, the party representative Lee Jae-myung requested restraint.[34]

The current party constitutional reflect 70% of the views of the central committee and 30% of public opinion polls in the party representative primary, in which delegates participate. In the competition for candidates for the Supreme Council, 100% of the decisions are made by the Central Committee. In the main contest, the final winner is determined by reflecting 30% of the delegates, 40% of the general party members (권리당원) (members of the right party who pay 1,000 won), 25% of the public opinion poll, and 5% of the public opinion poll of general party members (regular party members). In response, the Democratic Party's Innovation Committee tried to adjust the way to determine the party representative and supreme council candidates by using 100% of the party's general party members to determine 20% of the delegates, 50% of the general party members, and 30% of the public opinion polls in the main competition.Шаблон:Cn This was opposed by the non-Lee Jae-myung faction as a rule in favor of Lee Jae-myung, who is gaining great support from the general party membership.[35]

Lee Jae-myung excluded some of his aides from the composition of the party and brought a large number of lawmakers who were critical of him into the leadership. This is interpreted as being for "reconciliation."[36]

Park Kwang-on was elected as the floor leader of the Democratic Party with the support of a majority of lawmakers in the first round of voting. Rep. Park Kwang-on is classified as a non-Lee Jae-myun (비명) who takes a neutral or critical stance against Lee Jae-myung.[37]

Rep. Kim Nam-guk withdrew from the party due to the controversy over possession of virtual currency. Rep. Kim is considered a pro-Lee Jae-myung faction, and the incident has dealt a blow to the leadership of the party representative.[38]

The party tried to appoint Lee Rae-kyung, a left-wing nationalist, as the chairman of the innovation committee, but withdrew the appointment in the face of internal moderates and external opposition. Kim Eun-kyung became the successor innovation chairperson. He was criticized by moderates in the party for his favorable attitude towards Lee.[39]

The party also takes a strong opposition to Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and criticizes the Yoon Suk Yeol government, saying that the government does not take a clear opposition position and instead seems to advocate for discharge.[40]

A motion to arrest the party leader was issued on 22 September, and the Democratic Party leadership defined it as political oppression.Шаблон:Cn

Initially, it was predicted that the detention motion would be rejected, but it was passed with more than 30 rebel votes within the Democratic Party. The pro-Lee Jae-myung faction criticized the non-Lee Jae-myung faction for colluding with the prosecutors of the Yoon Seok-yeol government and pushing ahead with the passage that most of the party's supporters opposed. Representatives of the non-Lee Jae-myung/anti-Lee Jae-myung faction criticized Lee Jae-myung for not protecting Lee Sang-sang and for not protecting the Captain Hussa itself[41]

According to a public opinion poll released later, in a public opinion poll of the public, 44.6% of respondents agreed with the passage of the arrest motion, while 45.1% of respondents opposed it. If limited to Democratic Party supporters, 83.2% were negative about passing the arrest motion.[42]

Afterwards, most of the key party officials resigned in order to reform the party.Шаблон:Cn

On 23 September 2023, Representative Lee Jae-myung broke off his fast that had lasted for 24 days, demanding a reform of the government and the resignation of the entire cabinet.[43] Rep. Hong Ik-pyo was elected as the party's new floor leader. All four candidates running in the floor leader election took a friendly attitude toward Lee Jae-myung and criticized the prosecution. However, Representative Hong Ik-pyo belongs to the most moderate faction among them and has previously participated in Lee Nak-yeon's election campaign, so he was evaluated positively by non-Lee Jae-myung faction members. Other key party positions were dominated by the pro-Lee Jae-myung faction, while the non-Lee Jae-myung faction criticized the party leader, saying he was turning the party into a sadistic party.[44]

In October 2023, the Democratic Party of Korea won the by-election for Gangseo-gu mayor, defeating People Power Party candidate Kim Tae-woo. The vote percentage is for the DPK candidate. Candidate Jin Kyo-hoon was elected with 56.52%. Kim Tae-woo, a member of the People Power Party, received 39.37%. [45] The party received support from both the center-left camp, such as the Basic Income Party and the Social Democratic Party, and the center-right camp, such as the Minsaeng Party.[46]

Representative Lee Sang-min, who was critical of Lee Jae-myung, left the party. The party passed a resolution strengthening the rights of members and reducing the rights of delegates. This was interpreted as advantageous to party leader Lee Jae-myung.[47]

Ideology

Шаблон:Liberalism in South Korea The Democratic Party of Korea is primarily described as a centrist party.[48] Due to the peculiarity of Korean politics as a major liberal opponent of the conservative People's Power Party, the party is also classified as centre-left.[49][50]

The Democratic Party is evaluated as 'somewhat progressive', if not solidly progressive, in Korea. Due to the nature of the electoral system, minor parties rarely win seats in elections, leading most progressive citizens to vote for the Democratic Party through tactical voting. The DPK admits to progressive voters that "the party is not progressive enough" but insists it will represent progressive values if it chooses the Democratic Party over the conservative PPP candidate.[51]

For this reason, the Democratic Party is sometimes treated as a composition such as "progressive vs conservative" and "Left-leaning vs Right-leaning" in contrast to right-wing PPP in Korea. Because of this, some media refer to the Democratic Party as progressive or left-wing. In addition, some conservative-leaning politicians criticize the left wing of the Democratic Party and even "left dictatorship" (좌파독재) or "extreme left" (극좌).[52] The Chosun Ilbo/JoongAng Ilbo/Dong-A Ilbo (called Chojoongdong), Korea's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd newspapers, which are all conservative, also attack the Democratic Party as leftist/left-wing . The Chosun Ilbo attacked the Democratic Party in some columns, saying, "How the Left is Ruining Our Country"[53] Currently, major politicians of the right-wing People's Power Party also criticize the Democratic Party's policies as "leftist policies that ruin the country" and "socialist."[54]

However, some researchers argue that the DPK has center-right policies by international standards.[55] It was evaluated that the Democratic Party is considered progressive despite not being progressive because Korea has a more conservative political landscape compared to other industrialized democracies (mainly belonging to OECD).Шаблон:Efn Some researchers have placed the DPK's position on the political spectrum to the right of Christian democracy, saying that the DPK is more [economic and social] conservative than the centre-right German Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) in particular.[56] DPK's LGBT+ policy is more conservative than CDU.[57] Because of this, some left-leaning researchers have placed the party more right-wing than Western European conservative parties.[58] Also, many members of the Democratic Party, such as Lee Hae-chan, Moon Jae-in, and Lee Jae-myung, define the party's de facto identity as 'true conservative', 'moderate conservative' or 'centre-right'.[59][60] In his book, Moon Jae-in writes, "it is only a backward political reality unique to South Korea that the political forces of the center-right line in Korea, which are not even left-wing, fall short of the center,'.[61]

Leadership ideology changes

In the Democratic Party of Korea, the overall ideology of the party changes little by little depending on which leadership is elected.Шаблон:Cn In the early days, the moderate or conservative leadership was the mainstream, but as a result of progressives and conservatives competing for leadership, they gradually moved in a progressive direction.[62]

During the early days of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, Kim Han-gil and Ahn Cheol-soo performed the duties of co-representatives. They took a tough stance in relations with North Korea and pursued harmony between selective welfare and universal welfare.Шаблон:Explain Because they played the role of conservatives in the party,[63] they faced criticism from progressives inside the party for being 'center-right', and some progressives withdrew from the party. They took responsibility for the defeat in local elections and resigned as party leaders.[64] Two of them, Kim Han-gil and Ahn Cheol-soo, later joined the right-wing PPP.[65]

Afterwards, the moderate Christian-democratic Park Young-sun and the moderate Moon Hee-sang continued to serve as representatives.[66] Later, in the 2015 party leadership election, Moon Jae-in won over the conservative Park Jie-won[67] He lost to Park Ji-won in the party membership vote, but won the polls.

However, afterward, due to the party's internal investigations and opposition from the party's conservatives, the party leader Moon Jae-in resigned in 2022, and after that, Kim Chong-in's emergency committee was launched.[68] Although he was a member of the conservative faction, he insisted on economic democratization. However, he also later moved to the PPP.[69]

Afterwards, Choo Mi-ae and Lee Hae-chan continued to serve as representatives. All of them are on the progressive side of the party. Lee Hye-chan suggested a move in a progressive direction, claiming that the party is not a progressive party by international standards, and its policies are much more conservative than those of reformist parties in Europe, and that the actual party position is 'centre-right', he said.[70]

After that, moderates such as Lee Nak-yeon and Kim Tae-nyeon continued to hold the party leadership positions. However, after the progressive Lee Jae-myung was elected as the party's representative, the party moved in a progressive direction, to the dismay of the conservative factions.[71]Шаблон:Needs update

Factions

The DPK is seen as a big tent political party. The party's ideology spans the political spectrum from centre-left to centre-right. Externally, the party is grouped by ideology, while internally, they are divided by who supports who, usually between a figures from the centrist reformists and those who are liberal.

Шаблон:As of, the centrist and moderate faction centered on 'allies of Moon Jae-in' or 'allies of Lee Nak-yon' (친문 or 친낙) and the liberal and progressive faction centered on 'allies of Lee Jae-myung' party leader (친명, 이재명계) are at odds.[72] Although its influence has been reduced from years past, there is also a social conservative and economic liberal faction centered on National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo.[73]

Liberals

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Lee Jae-myung, party leader. An admirer of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal policies who emerged as a progressive and anti-establishment alternative to the moderate Democrats.[74] In 2017, Lee was likened to 'South Korea's Bernie Sanders'.[75] However, after his faction entered the mainstream, it moved rapidly in a more moderate direction.[76]

Social liberal[77] populistsШаблон:Efn[78] like Lee Jae-myung supports centre-left policies including New Deal-like policies.[79] The faction enjoys high support from general party members (권리당원), but not much support among the party's National Assembly and delegates (대의원). The faction centered around Lee Jae-myung is called the "pro-Myung faction" (이재명계,친명계) as a shareholder in Korea.

Historically around before 2017 Lee was described as a progressive,[80] but now after 2022 he is described as a liberal, but somewhat hard-lined.

When the "pro-Lee Jae-myung" faction started out as a minority faction in 2017, its base of support was mainly in Seongnam City.[81] Lee Jae-myeong first started a labor movement in Seongnam City, which opened the beginning of the faction. He ran a 'labor law firm' and helped defend workers. Based on this experience, he began political activities and faction-building in the community.[82] While serving as mayor, he implemented radical progressive policies such as providing universal basic income for young people, free school uniforms, and expanding social welfare programs such as free postpartum care[83]

At the time, his faction included many 'moderate Social Democracy' figures like Eun Soo-mi, and many from South Korean socialist groups, such as the former South Korean Socialist Workers' Alliance.[84] During the 2017 primary, Lee Jae-myung insisted that 'don't repeat the US Democratic Party's mistake of not electing Bernie Sanders as a presidential candidate' and his political style was compared to Bernie Sanders.

However, during the 2022 presidential election, he strengthened economic liberalism arguments such as real estate deregulation, Acquisition tax relief and pro-business arguments. This trend intensified during the 2022 presidential election campaign, when Lee emphasized "centrism and civic integration".[85] During the presidential campaign, Lee spent much time meeting and gaining support from centrists and conservatives.[86][87] In presidential campaign videos, the Party's emphasis on and mentions of 'economic growth' have increased more than in 2017.[88] Some columnists of the Hankyoreh reported Lee Jae-myung as saying, "I should have shouted for reform and change, not pragmatism and integration," revealing regret for turning to a more moderate stance.[89] Also through editorials criticized Lee Jae-myung for forgetting his (liberal/progressive) "values" to win the votes of conservative voters.[90]

Centrist reformists

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Moon Jae-in, former president. He was a human rights lawyer-turned-politician who opposed the military dictatorships in the past. He challenged the presidential election in 2012, but failed, and succeeded in challenging the 2017 election again[91] After taking office, he was evaluated for carrying out liberal reform policies and made a particularly great contribution to promoting freedom of the press in South Korea.[92]

Centrist reformism has generally dominated DPK politics.[93][72][94][95] Шаблон:As of, Lee Nak-yon is considered a representative centrist reformist.[72][96] The centrist reformist faction historically originated from the Donggyo-dong faction. Currently, the party's moderate reformist new force is represented by pro-Moon, but there are also members with pro-Lee Nak-yeon and pro-Jeong Sye-kyun tendencies. However, compared to the pro-Moon Jae-in faction, they are economically liberal or slightly conservative.[97] In particular, the pro-Lee Nak faction embraced some economic liberalism and drew support from the conservative wing of the party.[98]

The former president, Moon Jae-in is a liberal,and His government has been characterized by several experts as a 'centrist-liberal government'.[72] and took a culturally liberal approach to military reform, school reform, and environmental issues, but a somewhat moderate socially conservative approach to disability rights and LGBT rights.[99] He also implemented reformative economic policies like 52-hour workweek, increase of minimum wage, and regulations on housing market. Lee Nak-yeon, former Prime Minister under Moon administration, pledged to continue Moon's program, proposing "New Welfare System (신복지 체제)," which would upgrade current welfare system[100] and calling for lawmaking that would strengthen public land ownership.[101] During primary campaign, Lee gained support of some pro-Moon Assembly members[102]

The pro-Lee Nak-yeon and pro-Jeong Sye-gyun factions are largely lumped together and called the pro-Moon Jae-in faction. However, their attitudes are very different when it comes to details. In October 2021, Moon Jae-in indirectly criticized Lee Nak-yeon's refusal to contest the primary and acknowledged that Lee Jae-myung won the party representative primary.[103] President Moon also said that the 'pro-Moon Jae-in' forces and the 'pro-Lee Jae-myung' forces are "99% the same.".[104] The pro-Lee Nak-yeon faction is criticized as 'dung flies' and 'watermelons' (politicians who are different on the outside and the inside) based on the party's strong support base that shows pro-Lee Jae-myung tendencies.

Centrist reformism has generally dominated DPK politics,[105][72][106][107] but the term is rarely used among DPK politicians these days.

Park Gwang-on, a pro-Lee Nak-yeon faction, was elected as the floor leader. This means that the rightful party members and members of the National Assembly are friendly to the pro-Lee Nak-yeon faction.The pro-Lee Nak-yeon faction is receiving strong criticism from the Rights Party members (who have a strong pro-Lee Jae-myung tendency). There are also claims that the party is using delegates to overturn the public opinion of party members.[108] In fact, Jeong Un-hyeon, who was Lee Nak-yeon's key close associate and served as Lee Nak-yeon's public information chief, supported candidate Yoon Seok-yeol instead of his party's candidate Lee Jae-myeong during the presidential election. He said he would 'choose a plant president over a monster', a move that drew criticism from members of his party.[109]

Conservatives

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Kim Jin-pyo, National Assembly Speaker. Although he is one of the most conservative members of the Democratic Party, he was elected speaker of the National Assembly with the support of a majority of members. He has been controversial in the past for his advocacy of theocracy and his claims to treat LGBT people.

Conservatives like Kim Jin-pyo[110][111][112][113] are socially conservative in supporting anti-abortion legislation and opposing LGBT+ rights, but support economically liberal policies such as deregulation.[114] Kim Jin-pyo was evaluated as closer to "conservatism" than "centrism" in a Korean media survey.Шаблон:Explain[115] Kim introduced the 'Homosexuality Healing Movement' as one of several proposed countermeasures against the low birth rate, which was criticized by media such as the Hankyoreh, which said that he wasn't any different from the PPP.[116] Kim won the support of a majority of lawmakers in the election for speaker of the National Assembly.[117]

In addition, there are Christian democrats within the party, like former assembly member Park Young-sun. Park claimed that "I was the strongest opponent of the 300 members of the National Assembly in the past on homosexuality".[118] But Шаблон:As of, unlike in 2016, she has no opposition to homosexuality, and in 2021, she turned to a more moderate conservative stance, saying she supports a milder form of anti-discrimination law that adds a 'religious exception'.[119][120] Park is still skeptical about queer parades.[121]

Moderate conservatives from conservative parties, such as Kim Young-choon and Kim Boo-kyum, may be included. They joined the DPK after taking a reformist stance within the mainstream conservative party in Korea. Inside the DPK, they take a relatively conservative stance, such as opposing reform bills that include operating room CCTV installations.[122]

Conservatives in the DPK are politically at odds with left-liberal populists represented by Lee Jae-myeong and others.[123] Whenever disputes between the factions arise, conservatives demand that the pro-Lee faction voluntarily leave the party, or insist that the party can split.[124]

Minorities

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There are several political minorities in the Democratic Party. They take a critical stance towards the party's mainstream and elite, though with little ideological coherence.[125] They are also usually the more socially progressive members of the DPK.

Classical liberals include Kum Tae-seop, an economically and culturally liberal politician. Kum Tae-seop attended the Queer Festival and urged the DPK to set up a booth at the festival.[126] However, Kum Tae-seop has left the party,Шаблон:When and classical liberals are sparse in the DPK. Some classical liberals remain in the DPK, but they are critical of the mainstream anti-Japanese sentiment that exists within the party.[127]

Liberals like Park Ji-hyun support the rights of immigrants, and adhere to liberal feminism and cultural liberalism. Although they are left-liberals, they have relatively weak populist tendencies and are culturally liberal-to-progressive, so they frequently conflict with the allies of Lee Jae-myung.[128][129] Regarding the arrest motion,[130] she strongly criticized party leader Lee Jae-myung, saying that itШаблон:What was the cause of the party's decline in approval ratings. Because of this, theyШаблон:Who received petitions from party members requesting their expulsion.[131]She has criticized the US Supreme Court's decision to revoke the federal right to abortion and is an open supporter of abortion rights.[132]

People from the left-wing progressive Democratic Labor Party, such as assemblyman Park Yong-jin, voted against the DPK's budget plan, calling it a 'tax cut for the rich'.[133] However, Park has been criticised as he also insisted on reducing corporate tax.[134]

Political stances

Economic and labour policies

The DPK supports the expansion of fiscal expenditures to gradually increase welfare alongside elements of economic liberalism[135] and fiscal conservatism.[136] The party supports the market economy, but also values the need for state intervention in the market.[137] In 2020, the party pledged to implement a version of the Green New Deal to move South Korea towards carbon neutrality by 2050.[138]

The party takes a favorable stance on government intervention in the market, while keeping some distance from labour politics and labour movements. For this reason, the Democratic Party was classified as a "conservative liberal" party in the left-wing media.[139]

However, Lee Jae-myung supports New Deal liberalism, which is economically progressive and labor-friendly, unlike Moon Jae-in, who was a pro-Chaebol centrist. Therefore, it is actively supported by former and current executives of major labor unions in South Korea.[140] Lee Jae-myung was compared to "FDR's New Deal Coalition" because he formed a big tent political coalition based on liberalism that brought together socially conservative people (antifeminist "Dixiecrat"), reformist liberals, left-wing socially progressives, and anti-Chaebol labor activists.[141] The Democratic Party succeeded in enacting the Serious Accident Corporate Punishment Act, which emphasizes corporate responsibility for industrial accidents, overcoming opposition from the right-wing conservative camp. Noh Woong-rae, a pro-labor member of the party, criticized the Yoon Seok-yeol government's attempt to extend working hours in an interview with left-wing media, emphasizing the strengthening of union rights and the responsibility of companies for safety management. He announced that he would soon attempt to enact a yellow envelope law that would limit companies' compensation for damages to striking workers.[142]

The DPK is officially rooted in the 1955 classical-liberal "Democratic Party". But the current DPK got closer to moderate Keynesian than to classical-liberal economic policy of the past.[143]

Social policies

The DPK's social stances are unclear. The DPK is generally classified as a liberal political party, therefore should be socially liberal,[144][145][146][147] but the party is also influenced by Christian movements, so sometimes it has socially conservative character.Шаблон:Efn The party opposed the legalization of same-sex marriage and homosexuality.[148][99]

Sexual Minority Policy and Human Rights

Most Democratic lawmakers are skeptical of anti-discrimination laws that prohibit discrimination against LGBT people and immigrants, and most value 'social consensus'(사회적 합의). [149]Some members of the party's conservative faction, along with the pastor, staged a protest against the anti-discrimination law.[150] The minority liberal faction of the party attempted to raise liberal social policies, such as anti-discrimination laws, as controversial bills, but this was aborted due to opposition within the party.[151]

DPK answered that they are positive on anti-discrimination law but they are against abolishing the ‘sodomy law’ in the military and they said they won’t openly support LGBTQ community. [152] However, even the party’s stance on anti-discrimination law turned negative as DPK leader Lee Jae-myung recently stated that he is against passing anti-discrimination law unilaterally.[153][154]

The DPK's social conservatism on issues related to LGBT rights, feminism, and abortion mainly draws from Christianity,[99] but outside of those topics the DPK demonstrates moderate-to-liberal social policy. The DPK opposes corporal punishment for children and led the complete abolition of laws that justified corporal punishment for children in the past. The DPK also supports strengthening punishments for domestic violence.[155][156]

Many DPK politicians are friendly to the etiquette and Confucian traditions of Korean culture.[157][158] The Hankyoreh and Hankook Ilbo, South Korean socially liberal newspapers, strongly criticized the DPK for holding a discussion on the pros and cons of the anti-discrimination law and giving anti-LGBT activists the right to speak.[159][160]The Hankyoreh strongly criticized the Democratic Party for electing Kim Jin-pyo, the most hard-line social conservative faction within the party, as Speaker of the National Assembly. In a column titled 'Chairman Kim Jin-pyo's outdated hatred', the newspaper criticized Chairman Kim for showing 'conservative Christian hatred that stigmatizes homosexuality as a disease and views fellow citizens as targets of rehabilitation.'[161]

Abortion and reproductive rights

The Democratic Party's stance on abortion is negative. DPK proposed they will actively participate movements to prevent abortion in 2018 local election.[162] Also, conservative members of the party that oppose abortion itself, including National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo, occupy key positions in the party and exert great influence.[163] A member of the DPK on the Gender Equality and Family Committee criticized the fact that illegal abortion is increasing while the National Assembly is hesitating to legislate alternative abortion law saying, "We have to respect both babies’ and women’s life", demanding to re-legislate abortion law.[164] A DPK assemblyman recently stated that abortion would be allowed only under limited circumstances in a limited period such as before 4 weeks or 12 weeks.[165]

Position on the National Security Act

The DPK takes an ambiguous position that neither supports nor opposes the abolition of the National Security Act.[166]

Party lawmaker Lee In-young is a victim of the National Security Act while resisting the military dictatorship,[167] but when he was the floor leader in 2020, he drew a line against the National Security Act, calling it "something to do later."[168]

Democratic lawmakers jointly proposed a plan to repeal the National Security Act in 2021, but it ultimately failed to pass.[169]

Rights of immigrants and foreigners

Most of the main politicians of the Democratic Party show neutral on immigrant issue, and factional differences are not noticeable in this regard. As immigration issue is not a main social problem in Korea as Korea is still a homogenous nation, there aren’t much discussions about immigration. The DPK says they oppose racism, but they are against the anti-discrimination law which bans discrimination against immigrants. Several DPK members showed concerns against the government’s plan to establish immigration office.[170] DPK also opposed admitting Afghanistan refugees in 2018.[171]

Religion and other policies

The DPK's Christian influences have also been criticized by other religious groups. In December 2021, the Moon Jae-in government invested 1.2 billion won (US$1,000,000) in a campaign to promote carol music in stores such as restaurants and cafes. The Buddhist community protested, calling it a policy that gives preferential treatment to a specific religion.[172]

The DPK views South Korea's dog meat intake culture negatively and has criticized it from a liberal perspective. President Moon Jae-in said he was considering a legal ban on dog meat in September 2021.[173] In addition, the DPK supports reforms on student rights issues.[174]

Foreign policy

The DPK maintains a friendly stance with the United States, considering it as a strategic ally of South Korea.[175] However, its leader Lee Jae-myung has called the United States an occupying force,[176] and said the United States sold Korea to Japan for its own profit.[177] Lee has also called China a "strategic cooperative partner" and said South Korea does not have to side with either country.[175]

Prior to 2022, the DPK supported friendly relations with Russia, with the aim of swaying Russia to cooperate with South Korea on North Korea. The DPK condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[178] However, many DPK politicians also did not attend Zelensky's video speech to the South Korean parliament.[179] The DPK caused controversy in April 2022 by inviting a pro-Russian professor who denied the Bucha Massacre at a party forum, which was done separately from the 'official' support position for Ukraine.[180] When president Yoon Suk Yeol mentioned the possibility of providing weapons to Ukraine from South Korea on 19 April 2023, many DPK politicians criticized Yoon and said South Korea should not be hostile to Russia.[181][182]

Japan

Шаблон:Main The DPK opposes Japan's historical revisionism and is known to speak for victims of Japanese war crimes. The DPK holds very nationalistic stance against Japan.[183] Moon Jae-in said the human rights of victims are more important than relations between countries.[184] DPK says they could shoot down the Japanese military planes if they are flying hostile towards korean navy.[185] DPK politicians were criticized after calling the pro-Japan opposition party ‘indigenous japs’.[186] Recently DPK leader, Lee Jae-myung recently stated that Korea should declare a all-out war against Japan’s historical revisionism[187]

The DPK opposes Japan's remilitarization efforts and revision of its constitution for fear of repeat of the history.[188] The DPK politicians are opposed to a military alliance with Japan.[189]

North Korea

Шаблон:Main The party strongly supports the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and aims for peaceful relations with North Korea. The party also officially advocates increasing exchanges and cooperation with the North to create a foundation for reunification.[190] DPK has a strong ethnic nationalistic stance, so they often emphasizes ‘one bloodline’ with North Korea, thus Korea should unite against external force.

List of leaders

Current leadership

Supreme Council of the Democratic Party of Korea
Office Officer(s)
Chair Lee Jae-myung
Floor leader in the National Assembly Hong Ihk-pyo
Appointed members Jung Chung-rae
Ko Min-jung
Park Chan-dae
Seo Young-kyo
Jang Kyung-tae
Seo Eunsuk

Leaders

No. Name Photo Term of office Election results
Took office Left office
1 Шаблон:Small
Шаблон:Small   Шаблон:Small
Шаблон:Nowrap 26 March 2014 31 July 2014 No election
Park Young-sun
Шаблон:Small
Файл:20211118 - 박영선.jpg 4 August 2014 18 September 2014 Appointed
Moon Hee-sang
Шаблон:Small
Файл:Moon Hee-sang in 2019.jpg 18 September 2014 9 February 2015 Appointed
2 Moon Jae-in Файл:Moon Jae-in (2017-10-01) cropped.jpg 9 February 2015 27 January 2016 Шаблон:Smalldiv
Kim Chong-in
Шаблон:Small
Файл:Kim Jong-in in Aeranwon (cropped).jpg 27 January 2016 27 August 2016 Appointed
3 Choo Mi-ae Файл:Choo Mi-ae ministerial portrait.png 27 August 2016 25 August 2018 Шаблон:Smalldiv
4 Lee Hae-chan Файл:191028더불어민주당예산정책협의회(3).jpg 25 August 2018 29 August 2020 Шаблон:Smalldiv
5 Lee Nak-yon Файл:South Korean Prime Minister Lee - 2017 (36235112603) (cropped).jpg 29 August 2020 9 March 2021 Шаблон:Smalldiv
Kim Tae-nyeon
Шаблон:Small
Файл:김태년.png 9 March 2021 8 April 2021 Succeeded
Do Jong-hwan
Шаблон:Small
Файл:도종환 국회 교육문화체육관광위원회 간사.jpg 8 April 2021 16 April 2021 Appointed
Yun Ho-jung
Шаблон:Small
Файл:윤호중.jpg 16 April 2021 2 May 2021 Succeeded
6 Song Young-gil 2 May 2021 10 March 2022 Шаблон:Smalldiv
Шаблон:Small
Шаблон:Small   Шаблон:Small
Шаблон:Small
Шаблон:Nowrap 13 March 2022 7 June 2022 Appointed
Woo Sang-ho
Шаблон:Small
Файл:At Namdaemun Market in Jung-gu, Seoul on the morning of 23rd Woo Sang-ho are Taking commemorative photos (3) (cropped).jpg 7 June 2022 28 August 2022 AScceeded
7 Lee Jae-myung Файл:이재명 더불어민주당 당대표.jpg 28 August 2022 incumbent Шаблон:Smalldiv

Floor leaders

No. Name Term of office
Took office Left office
1 Шаблон:Illm 26 March 2014 7 May 2014
2 Park Young-sun 7 May 2014 2 October 2014
Kim Yung-rok
Шаблон:Small
2 October 2014 8 October 2014
3 Шаблон:Illm 8 October 2014 6 May 2015
4 Lee Jong-kul 6 May 2015 4 May 2016
5 Woo Sang-ho 4 May 2016 16 May 2017
6 Woo Won-shik 16 May 2017 11 May 2018
7 Hong Young-pyo 11 May 2018 8 May 2019
8 Lee In-young 8 May 2019 7 May 2020
9 Kim Tae-nyeon 7 May 2020 8 April 2021
10 Yun Ho-jung 16 April 2021 24 March 2022
11 Park Hong-keun 24 March 2022 28 April 2023
12 Park Kwang-on 28 April 2023 21 September 2023
13 Hong Ihk-pyo 26 September 2023 Incumbent

Secretary-general

No. Name Term of office
Took office Left office
1 Ahn Gyu-back 27 August 2016 16 May 2017
2 Шаблон:Illm 16 May 2017 3 September 2018
3 Yun Ho-jung 3 September 2018 31 August 2020
4 Park Kwang-on 31 August 2020 4 May 2021
5 Youn Kwan-suk 4 May 2021 24 November 2021
6 Kim Yeong-jin 25 November 2021 28 March 2022
7 Kim Min-ki 28 March 2022 28 August 2022
8 Cho Jeong-sik 31 August 2022 incumbent

Election results

President

Election Candidate Votes % Result
2017 Moon Jae-in 13,423,800 41.09 Шаблон:Yes
2022 Lee Jae-myung 16,147,738 47.83 Шаблон:No

Legislature

Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats Position Status
Votes % Seats +/- Votes % Seats +/- No. +/–
2016 Kim Chong-in 8,881,369 37 Шаблон:Composition bar new 6,069,744 25.55 Шаблон:Composition bar new Шаблон:Composition bar new 2nd Шаблон:No2
2020 Lee Hae-chan 14,345,425 49.91 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 53 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 40 1st Шаблон:Yes2

Local

Election Leader Шаблон:Small Provincial legislature Municipal mayor Municipal legislature
2014 Kim Han-gil
Ahn Cheol-soo
Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar
2018 Choo Mi-ae Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar
2022 Park Ji-hyun
Yoon Ho-jung
Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar

By-elections

Election Leader Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
July 2014 Kim Han-gil
Ahn Cheol-soo
Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar
Oct 2014 Moon Hee-sang Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar
April 2015 Moon Jae-in Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar
Oct 2015 Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar
2016 Kim Chong-in Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar
April 2017 Choo Mi-ae Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar
May 2017 Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar
2018 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A
2019 Lee Hae-chan Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar
2020 Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar
2021 Kim Tae-nyeon Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar
March 2022 Song Young-gil Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A
June 2022 Park Ji-hyun
Yoon Ho-jung
Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A
April 2023 Lee Jae-myung Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Composition bar
October 2023 Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:N/A Шаблон:N/A

Notes

Шаблон:Portal Шаблон:Notelist Шаблон:Reflist

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

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