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Progressive Party (South Korea, 2017)

Progressive Party
진보당
LeaderKim Jae-yeon
Secretary-GeneralShin Chang-hyun
Floor LeaderYoon Jong-oh
Co-leaders
See list
  • Jang Jin-suk
  • Jung Tae-heung
  • Jung Hee-sung
  • Kim Bong-yong
  • Lee Kyung-min
  • Jang Ji-hwa
  • Hong Hee-jin
Chair of the Policy Planning CommitteeJang Jin-sook
Founded15 October 2017 (2017-10-15)
Merger of
Headquarters130 Sajik-ro, Jongno District, Seoul
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[A]
National affiliationDemocratic Alliance of Korea
Colors
  •   Red[a]
    Historical
  •   Orange[b]
SloganAlways reliable and at our side (Korean: 든든한 우리편)
National Assembly
3 / 300
Metropolitan Mayors and Governors
0 / 17
Municipal Mayors
1 / 226
Provincial and Metropolitan Councillors
4 / 872
Municipal Councillors
18 / 2,960
Website
jinboparty.com

^ A: The Progressive Party is often described as "far-left" in South Korea due to its sympathies toward North Korea, opposition to the U.S. military presence in South Korea, and political similarities to the defunct Unified Progressive Party (UPP; 통합진보당).[1][2]
Progressive Party
Hangul
진보당
Hanja
進步黨
Revised RomanizationJinbodang
McCune–ReischauerChinbodang
Former name
Hangul
민중당
Hanja
民衆黨
Revised RomanizationMinjungdang
McCune–ReischauerMinjungdang

The Progressive Party (Korean진보당), formerly known as the Minjung Party (민중당; lit. People's Party) until June 2020,[3] is a left-wing[4][5][6] progressive and left-wing nationalist political party in South Korea.[7]

History

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Party headquarters

The Progressive Party (then called the Minjung Party) was formed on 15 October 2017 as a merger of the New People's Party and People's United Party.[8] Both parties were continuations of the Unified Progressive Party, a party that was dissolved and banned by a Constitutional Court ruling in 2014 for its allegedly pro-North Korean and "anti-constitutional" activity.[9][10]

When it formed, the party had two members in the National Assembly, both from Ulsan. On 22 December 2017, the supreme court convicted representative Yoon Jong-oe of breaking campaign laws and he was removed from office.[11]

In July 2018, members of the Minjung Party met with members of the North Korean Social Democratic Party in China. The meeting was not authorized by the Ministry of Unification which could have punished the party for violations of South Korea's National Security Act. Jung Tae-heung, the co-chair of the Minjung Party, stated that he was warned the party may be fined for the meeting.[12]

In August 2019, the party supported the nationwide protests against Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and the boycott against Japanese products.[13]

The party lost its remaining seat in the 2020 legislative election.

The Minjung Party tried to join the Platform Party, a proportional party created by the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK). However, the DPK refused to let them do so.[14]

On 6 June 2020, the party changed its name from the Minjung Party to the Progressive Party.

In March 2022, suspicions arose that some party officials were operating in South Korea while receiving orders from North Korea. The Progressive Party denied that they had ever received orders.[15] In January 2023, President Yoon Suk-yeol's administration launched investigations into Progressive Party members for allegedly planning anti-American and anti-government activities by receiving orders from North Korea spies. The Progressive Party protested that this was simply a crackdown on progressive political groups.[16] Editorials in the Kyunghyang Shinmun expressed concerns that the Yoon Suk-yeol administration was pressuring labor unions and civic groups and creating a police state through counterintelligence investigations.[17]

In a by-election held on 5 April 2023, the Progressive Party once again became a parliamentary party after securing one seat. Kang Sung-hee (politician) was elected in Jeonju B district, which was a stronghold of the DPK. The DPK does not run candidates in by-elections if the Democratic politician was removed from office due to breaking the law, and their former representative had been arrested and removed from office for bribing voters with cash handouts. The election was held as a six-way contest between a Progressive Party candidate, the conservative People Power Party and four independents, including two Democrats who ran as independents. The Progressive Party's re-entry into Parliament drew intense criticism from right-wing conservative media. In particular, The Chosun Ilbo criticized in articles and editorials that some of the members of the Progressive Party were suspected of pro-North Korea espionage and that the party was the successor of the Unified Progressive Party.[18][19] Meanwhile, media outlets with a liberal/progressive stance, such as Hankyoreh, gave a positive assessment. They suggested that the party's candidate would secure a seat, largely due to the Democratic Party of Korea employing 'color theory' tactics.[20]

In the 2024 legislative election, the party gained three seats.

Political positions

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The Progressive Party is usually classified by Korean media outlets as "far-left" (Korean극좌; Hanja極左)[1][2][21] or "radical left".[22][23] However, the party does not officially advocate generally accepted far-left positions such as anti-capitalism, communism, or anarchism. The Progressive Party supports the restoration of South Korea's sovereignty and full "independence" in the international community. The term "independence" here means opposition to Japanese imperialism, support for reunification with North Korea, a protectionist trade policy, and establishment of equitable diplomatic relations with world powers such as the United States.[7] The party's offficial ideology is "progressivism", not "socialism".[24][25] The Progressive Party is in favour of direct democracy, to be used as a mean for the minjung to actively participate in politics.[7][26]

The most important reason for the Progressive Party's classification as far-left in South Korean politics is opposition to American imperialism. The Progressive Party believes that South Korea's socioeconomic contradictions are primarily due to the United States, rather than China or Japan, and hence opposes American domination of the Korean economy. This is a significant departure from liberal parties such as the DPK and JP, who are hostile to China and Japan but somewhat favourable to the United States in order to offset Chinese and Japanese hegemony. The Progressive Party, in particular, advocates dissolving the alliance between the United States and South Korea.[27][28][29]

Economic policy

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The party supports the redistribution of wealth and economically progressive positions such as imposing a 90% tax rate on inheritances of more than 3 billion won (roughly US$2,500,000).[2]

The party has a negative view of multinational corporations and chaebol, the large industrial conglomerates that dominate the South Korean economy. Their official party platform proposes to "dismantle the monopoly economy of transnational capital and chaebol" (초국적 자본 및 재벌의 독점경제를 해체).[30][7]

The Progressive Party opposes restricting the labour of senior citizens over the age of 60. Their justification is that, because South Korea is not a European welfare state, there is a livelihood problem for the elderly.[7] Some socialists in South Korea consider it a liberal party, instead of a left-wing party.[31]

Foreign policy

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The Progressive Party is an anti-imperialist party.[32][33] Following a policy of left-wing nationalism, the party seeks to liquidate the remnants of colonialism from the Japanese imperialist era and end the inequality in South Korea–United States relations.[7][34] They advocate dissolving the alliance between the United States and South Korea.[35][36][37] In 2019, The Progressive Party issued a joint statement opposing Japanese imperialism with the Korean Social Democratic Party (a North Korean party).[38]

The Progressive Party opposes supplying lethal aid to Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Progressive Party accused the Yoon Suk-yeol government of engaging in diplomacy to antagonize Russia.[39]

North Korea

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The Progressive Party takes a minjokjuui (Korean민족주의; Hanja民族主義; lit. [Korean ethnic] nationalism) view on the topic of North Korea, rather than the kukkajuui (Korean국가주의; Hanja國家主義; lit. Statism or State-aligned nationalism) they allege is advocated by conservatives in South Korea. The Progressive Party argues that kukkajuui accepts American imperialism and the division of Korea into north and south, whereas minjokjuui embraces all Koreans and is opposed to foreign imperialism.[7] They support reunification with North Korea and an official end to the (technically still ongoing) Korean War.[40][41] Therefore, they oppose sanctions on North Korea and argue that only removing sanctions will bring peace to the Korean peninsula.[42] They support the Sunshine Policy, a policy of reconciliation towards North Korea.[20]

The Progressive Party has been criticized for taking what others have characterized as a friendly stance toward North Korea. The centrist daily newspaper Hankook Ilbo has called the Progressive Party 'pro-North Korea'.[43]

International exchange with American left-wing figures

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The Progressive Party has frequently engaged in dialogue with the American left. When the party was founded, American left-wing intellectuals such as Ramsey Clark and Noam Chomsky expressed their sympathy for the cause, especially with respect to attitudes regarding Korean reunification, and policy towards North Korea.[44] The Progressive Party also contacted certain American politicians such as Jesse Jackson and Bernie Sanders in 2018 to draw support for the declaration of the end of the Korean War.[45][46]

The Progressive Party has liaison support with the Green Party of the United States in policies concerning inter-Korean relations, for example the symbolic goal of a formal end to the Korean War.

Social policy

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The Progressive Party supports ending conscription in South Korea and establishing a volunteer military.[47] The party also supports women's rights, LGBT rights, youth politics and labor-oriented politics.[48][49] In contrast to the antifeminist political trend in South Korean politics, the Progressive Party actively supports the feminist movement in South Korea.[50] Kim Jae-yeon said the reason for running for the 2022 Korean presidential election was "to become a feminist president".[51]

Rights of immigrants and multiculturalism

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The Progressive Party is a Korean nationalist party, but they believe that Korean ethnic nationalism is not racism, and they support multiculturalism and the rights of immigrants to South Korea.[7] In addition, the Progressive Party opposes neoliberalism, believing it promotes discrimination against immigrants. However, regional branches of the Progressive Party have run campaign banners calling for the removal of "illegal migrant workers." The banners also included other phrases and wording that other progressive groups have called "anti-immigrant hate speech."[49][52][53][34]

The Progressive Party, along with human rights groups, accused the Moon Jae-in government's COVID-19 quarantine policy in March 2021 of being discriminatory against foreign workers.[54]

Controversy

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The merger of the New People's Party and People's United Party was controversial, because both were largely continuations of the Unified Progressive Party, which was dissolved and banned in 2014 due to purported pro-North Korean and "anti-constitutional" activity by a Constitutional Court ruling.[55][56] Conservative critics of the party argued that the Progressive Party is merely an attempt to re-establish the Unified Progressive Party.[57]

Politicians affiliated with the liberal Democratic Party of Korea have criticized the Progressive Party for its anti-American activities. Unlike the Progressive Party, the Democratic Party of Korea supports a foreign policy that is friendlier to the United States.[20]

Criticism from the left

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Democratic socialists in South Korea, including the Labour Party, criticize the Justice Party and Progressive Party for allegedly being liberal rather than progressive; however, due to the difference in the diplomatic views of the two parties, the Labor Party is considered more moderate than the Progressive Party in the context of South Korean politics.[58] Some equate the Progressive Party's line with the Justice Party and the Labour Party's centre-left social democracy.[59]

Leadership

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Leaders

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  1. Kim Jong-hoon, Kim Chang-han (co-serving; 15 October 2017 – 25 August 2018)
  2. Lee Sang-kyu (26 August 2018 – 20 June 2020)
  3. Kim Jae-yeon (20 June 2020 – 31 July 2022)
  4. Yoon Hee-suk (1 August 2022 – 14 June 2024)
  5. Kim Jae-yeon (15 June 2024 – present)

Floor leaders

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  1. Yoon Jong-o (15 October 2017 – 22 December 2017)
  2. Kim Jong-hoon (22 December 2017 – 29 May 2020)
  3. Kang Sung-hee (6 April 2023 – 29 May 2024)
  4. Yoon Jong-o (30 May 2024 – present)

Election results

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Presidential

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Election Candidate Votes % Result
2022 Kim Jae-yeon 37,366 0.11 Not elected

Local

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Election Leader Metropolitan mayor/Governor Provincial legislature Municipal mayor Municipal legislature
2018 Kim Jong-hoon
Kim Chang-han
0 / 17
0 / 824
0 / 226
11 / 2,927
2022 Kim Jae-yeon
0 / 17
3 / 824
1 / 226
17 / 2,927

By-elections

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Election Leader National Assembly Metropolitan mayor/governors Municipal mayor Provincial/metropolitan councillors Municipal councillors
April 2023 Yoon Hee-suk
1 / 1
0 / 1
0 / 2
0 / 4
October 2023
0 / 1
April 2024
0 / 2
1 / 17
1 / 26

Logos

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ as Progressive Party
  2. ^ as Minjung Party

References

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  1. ^ a b "Parcel delivery union to hold rally demanding CJ Logistics negotiates with striking workers". The Korea Herald. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023. "In Monday's rally, protesters plan to get around the antivirus rules, which only allow for a rally of up to 299 people, by having an official campaign vehicle of Kim Jae-yeon, presidential candidate of the far-left Progressive Party, at the scene as campaign events are exempt from COVID-19 restrictions."
  2. ^ a b c "[4·15 총선 앗싸①] '극좌'에서 '극우'까지 ... '배당금黨'에 '결혼당'도 출현" [[April 15 general elections] From 'far left' to 'far right' ... 'Dividend Party' and 'Marriage Party' have also emerged.]. 뉴스웍스. 26 January 2020.
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  15. ^ "[단독] 대대적 '국가보안법' 수사 나섰다…"북한 지령받아 국내 활동"". 5 January 2023.
  16. ^ [단독] 대대적 '국가보안법' 수사 나섰다…"북한 지령받아 국내 활동" [[Exclusive] A large-scale investigation into the National Security Act has begun... "Domestic activities under orders from North Korea"]. JTBC (in Korean). 5 January 2023. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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  18. ^ [사설] 국회 진출 진보당, '간첩 당원' 입장부터 밝혀야 [[Editorial] Progressive Party entering the National Assembly must first clarify its position as a 'spy member']. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 7 April 2023. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  19. ^ 인해전술로 지역 파고들었다… 통진당 후신 진보당, 7년만에 국회 입성 [Invasion of the area using humane tactics...Progressive Party, successor to the Unified Progressive Party, enters the National Assembly for the first time in 7 years]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 7 April 2023. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  20. ^ a b c 무엇이 진보당을 '민주당 텃밭' 전주에 뿌리내리게 했나 [What made the Progressive Party take root in Jeonju, the 'Democratic Party's stronghold'?]. The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 6 April 2023. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  21. ^ 김영호, 민중당 비례대표 2번 받고 출마 [Kim Young-ho ran after being assigned the proportional representative No. 2 of the Jinbo Party.]. 내포뉴스. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021. ... 극좌 성향의 진보정당으로서 정의당과 쌍벽을 이룰 정도로 뿌리가 튼튼한 데다 고정적인 지지층이 있어서 기호 2번은 당선 안정권에 속한다. ... [... Minjung Party is a far-left progressive party, and candidate No. 2 belongs to the stabilization of the election because the roots are strong enough to form a barrier with the Justice Party and there is a fixed support base. ...]
  22. ^ 대선후보 나선 김재연 진보당 상임대표 "무상급식, 무상교육, 기초노령연금, 아동수당 ... 우리 공약이었다". Kyunghyang Shinmun. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2021. 대선공약으로 주4일제 도입과 토지공개념 전면 실시, 1단계 연방통일공화국 진입 등을 내세웠어요. 급진적이라는 시선이 있어요.
  23. ^ 진보당 김재연 "이재명 오락가락, 윤석열 부자에 표 구걸 ... 자격 없다" [Progressive Party Kim Jae-yeon said, "Lee Jae-myeong goes back and forth, and Yoon Seok-yeol begs for votes from the rich ... They are not qualified (to be president)".]. The Financial News. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021. 김 후보는 2012년 통합진보당 비례대표로 19대 국회에 진출했으나 '통진당 해산'명령으로 의원직을 상실한 급진 좌파 정치인이다. 이후 민중당을 거쳐 지난해 6월 진보당 상임대표로 선출됐다. [Candidate Kim entered the 19th National Assembly in 2012 as a proportional representative of the United Progressive Party, but is a radical left politician who lost his seat due to an order to dissolve the Unified Progressive Party. Since then, he has been elected as a standing representative of the Progressive Party in June last year after passing through the Jinbo Party.]
  24. ^ "Minjung Party press conference". Yonhap News Agency. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2020. Members of the progressive Jinbo Party hold a press conference in front of former President Chun Doo-hwan's home in Seoul on May 18, 2020.
  25. ^ "South Korea Backtracks on Easing Sanctions After Trump Comment". The New York Times. 11 October 2018. "The dog barks, but the caravan moves on," Lee Eun-hae, a spokeswoman at the minor progressive Jinbo Party, said in a statement about Mr. Trump and closer relations with North Korea.
  26. ^ Song Young-hoon (14 April 2020). 민중당 비례후보 누가 나왔나 (Who's the proportional candidate for the Jinbo Party?). NEWSTOF.
  27. ^ "[민중당 결의문] 한미동맹 파기하고 자주국가 건설하자".
  28. ^ 광화문에서 다시 울려 퍼진 '내정간섭 중단! 미군철수! 한미동맹 해체!' 함성. 14 December 2020.
  29. ^ 트럼프 방문에 '국회 철통경호'…지하철역 출구·지하주차장도 폐쇄. 20 July 2020.
  30. ^ 진보정당 첫 대선출마 김재연 "민주당 정부는 개혁 대상" [Kim Jae-yeon, the first presidential candidate of a progressive political party, said, "The Democratic Party government is subject to reform".]. Media Today. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021. ... 그는 "최저임금부터 끌어올리겠다던 '소득주도성장'도 '재벌주도성장'으로 바뀐 지 오래이고 박근혜 정권만도 못한 최저임금 인상률과 무려 160조원을 재벌대기업에 쏟아 붓는 '한국판 뉴딜'이 오히려 'K양극화'를 부추기고 있다"며 "'노동존중 정부'의 약속도 '노조 탓하기 정부'로 변질됐다"고 비판했다. ... [... She said, "The 'income-led growth', which was intended to raise the minimum wage from the beginning, has long changed to 'chaebol-led growth'. The Park Geun-hye administration's minimum wage increase rate and the "Korean version of the (fake) New Deal", which pours as much as 160 trillion won into conglomerates, are rather encouraging (Economic) "polarization", he said, criticizing "the labor-respect government's promise has also turned into a "government to blame the union." Even the Democratic Party, which has survived on the basis of support for opposition to water polo forces, has become an vested group, he said. "The Democratic Party's government is not the subject of reform, but just the subject of reform." ...]
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  32. ^ 민중당 "이란 슬픔 함께 할 것, 미국 강력 규탄"…한미방위조약 파기 요구도 (The Jinbo Party "will share the sorrow of Iran, strong condemnation of the United States" ... Demands to Destroy the South Korea-U.S. Defense Treaty). Korea Economic Daily. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  33. ^ 아베의 화이트리스트 한국 배제 규탄 김종훈 원내대표 기자회견문. Jinbo Party : Commentary/Briefing. 2 August 2019. 제국주의 망령에 사로잡힌 아베 정권을 규탄합니다. (The Abe administration is obsessed with the specter of imperialism.)
  34. ^ a b "[박노자의 한국, 안과 밖] 노래를 불렀다가 '죄인'이 되는 나라, 대한민국" [[Pak Noja's (South) Korea, inside and outside] A country where you sing song and then become a 'sinner'. (That's the) Republic of Korea.]. The Hankyoreh. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021. ... 민중당은 조직 노동자, 비정규직 노동자들의 지지를 받으며 좌파민족주의적 입장에서 신자유주의를 비판하는 정당이다. ... [... Minjung Party is a political party that is supported by organizational and non-regular workers and criticizes neoliberalism from a left-wing nationalist standpoint. ...]
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