New Korea Party

1990–1997 political party in South Korea

The New Korea Party (Korean: 신한국당; Hanja: 新韓國黨; RR: Shinhangukdang; MR: Shinhankuktang; NKP) was founded by the merging of Roh Tae-woo's Democratic Justice Party, Kim Young-sam's Reunification Democratic Party and Kim Jong-pil's New Democratic Republican Party to form the Democratic Liberal Party (Korean: 민주자유당; Hanja: 民主自由黨; RR: Minjujayudang; MR: Minjuchayutang; DLP). It was renamed to New Korea Party in 1995.^[5]

In 1997, the NKP merged with the Democratic Party to form the Grand National Party.

Election results

President

Legislature

Local

Logos

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  Democratic Liberal Party (1990-1995)
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  Democratic Liberal Party (1995 local elections)

Notes

1. as the Democratic Liberal Party
2. as the New Korea Party
3. Young-sam faction

References

1. Kim, Byung-kook (2008), "Defeat in victory, victory in defeat: the Korean conservatives in democratic consolidation", Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems: Learning to lose, Routledge, p. 170
2. 경제정책 비교
3. The Political Reference Almanac, PoliSci Books, 2001, ISBN 9780967028613
4. Sun-Chul Kim (2004). Protracted Transition and Popular Contention: South Korean Democratization from a Comparative Perspective. "... in the creation of a right-wing United Liberal Democrats and the New Korea Party, ..."
5. "Roh Tae-Woo - president of South Korea".