Progressive Party (South Korea, 2017)
Progressive Party 진보당 | |
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| Leader | Kim Jae-yeon |
| Secretary-General | Shin Chang-hyun |
| Floor Leader | Yoon Jong-oh |
| Co-leaders | See list
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| Chair of the Policy Planning Committee | Jang Jin-sook |
| Founded | 15 October 2017 |
| Merger of | |
| Headquarters | 130 Sajik-ro, Jongno District, Seoul |
| Membership (2023) | 98,074 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing[A] |
| National affiliation | Democratic Alliance of Korea (2024) |
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| Slogan | 든든한 우리편 ('Always reliable and at our side') |
| National Assembly | 4 / 300 |
| Metropolitan Mayors and Governors | 0 / 17 |
| Municipal Mayors | 1 / 226 |
| Provincial and Metropolitan Councillors | 4 / 872 |
| Municipal Councillors | 18 / 2,960 |
| Website | |
| jinboparty | |
^ 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). | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 진보당 |
| Hanja | 進步黨 |
| RR | jinbodang |
| MR | chinbodang |
| Minjung Party | |
| Hangul | 민중당 |
| Hanja | 民衆黨 |
| RR | minjungdang |
| MR | minjungdang |
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The Progressive Party (Korean: 진보당), formerly known as the Minjung Party (Korean: 민중당, lit. 'People's Party') until June 2020, is a left-wing progressive and left-wing nationalist political party in South Korea.