Justice Party (South Korea)
Democratic Labor Party 민주노동당 | |
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| Abbreviation | DLP |
| Leader | Kwon Young-guk |
| Secretary-General | Na Soon-ja |
| Chair of the Policy Planning Committee | Kim Yong-shin |
| Founded | 21 October 2012 |
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| Split from | Unified Progressive Party (old-NPP and PP factions) |
| Headquarters | 7, Gukhoe-daero 70-, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| Regional affiliation | Network of Social Democracy in Asia |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance (observer) |
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| Slogan | 가자! 평등으로 ('Advance! Towards Equality') |
| National Assembly | 0 / 300 |
| Metropolitan mayor and Gubernatorial | 0 / 17 |
| Municipal Mayors | 0 / 226 |
| Provincial and Metropolitan Councillors | 2 / 872 |
| Municipal Councillors | 7 / 2,988 |
| Website | |
| justice21 | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 민주노동당 |
| Hanja | 民主勞動黨 |
| RR | Minju nodongdang |
| MR | Minju nodongdang |
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The Democratic Labor Party (DLP; Korean: 민주노동당) is a centre-left to left-wing political party in South Korea. It has been described as liberal and progressive. It was founded under the name Justice Party (JP; Korean: 정의당) on 21 October 2012 when the former New Progressive Party faction, former People's Participation Party faction, and moderates in the Unified Progressive Party split from the Unified Progressive Party. The Justice Party now takes a more moderate stance than the United Progressive Party or the Democratic Labor Party in the past.
During the run-up to the 2024 South Korean legislative election, the party saw a huge loss in membership, with much of the centre-left factions in the party leaving the party for the Democratic Party, New Reform Party, or New Future Party. The departing members included MP Ryu Ho-jeong (to New Reform), former leader Cheon Ho-sun (to Democratic Party), MP Bae Jin-kyo (to Democratic Party), former MP Park Won-suk (to New Future).
The Justice Party temporarily changed its name to "Green-Justice Party" (녹색정의당) on 30 January 2024 in an electoral pact with the Green Party Korea for the 2024 South Korean legislative election. On 27 April 2024, the party reverted back to its original name. On 5 March 2025, the Justice Party changed its name to the Democratic Labor Party to field a traffic light coalition candidate for the 2025 presidential election, Kwon Yeong-guk.