Korea Democratic Party
Korea Democratic Party 한국민주당 | |
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| Abbreviation | KDP |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Dissolved | 1949 |
| Succeeded by | Democratic Nationalist Party |
| Headquarters | Seoul |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Green |
^ A: The KDP belongs to the Minjudangkye liberal party genealogy, not the pro-Rhee conservative party genealogy of South Korea, but the actual political stance at the time was right-wing conservative. | |
| Korea Democratic Party | |
| Hangul | 한국민주당 |
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| Hanja | 韓國民主黨 |
| RR | Hanguk minjudang |
| MR | Han'guk minjudang |
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The Korea Democratic Party (KDP; Korean: 한국민주당) was the leading opposition party in the first years of the First Republic of Korea. It existed from 1945 to 1949, when it merged with other opposition parties.
The U.S. military government considered the KDP a conservative group with high educational standards, and believed they sought to establish a Western-style democracy in Korea. However, modern South Korean political academia recognizes them as South Korea's first liberal party. Viewed as a party of the right, the character of the KDP was anti-communist, Confucian-conservative, and economically liberal.