Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955)

Democratic Party
민주당
AbbreviationDP
Founded18 September 1955
Dissolved1964
Preceded byDemocratic Nationalist Party
Merged intoPeople's Party
IdeologyDemocracy
Conservatism
Anti-Left wing
Colors  Blue
Democratic Party
Hangul
민주당
Hanja
民主黨
RRMinjudang
MRMinjudang

The Democratic Party (DP; Korean: 민주당; RR: Minjudang) was a political party in South Korea. The party was the first truly organized liberal opposition against Syngman Rhee's conservative Liberal Party, and is considered as the predecessor to the lineage of the South Korean liberal parties.