Labor Party (South Korea)

Labor Party 노동당 Nodongdang
Leader	Koo Kyo-hyun
Founded	21 July 2013 (2013-07-21)
Merger of	New Progressive Party, Socialist Party
Headquarters	Bigeum Building, 371-12 Seogyo-dong, Mapo District, Seoul
Newspaper	Political Zine R
Youth wing	Committee on Youth and Student
Membership  (2014)	13,015
Ideology	Anti-capitalism Anti-imperialism Socialism  • Environmentalism  • Feminism  • Pacifism  • Minority movement
Political position	Left-wing
International affiliation	None
Colors	Red
Seats in the National Assembly	0 / 300
Seats within local government	7 / 3,687
Website
www.laborparty.kr
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Labor Party
Hangul	노동당
Hanja	勞動黨
Revised Romanization	Nodongdang
McCune–Reischauer	Nodongdang

The Labor Party is a left-wing political party in South Korea.

History

See also: Progressivism in South Korea

Which was united with the Socialist Party, the New Progressive Party was changed its name to "Labor Party", held the interim party congress on 21 July 2013.

Leadership

Leaders of the Labor Party

• Hong Sehwa and An Hyo-sang, 2012
  • Kim Jong-cheol, 2012 (acting)
• Kim Il-ung, 2012–2013
• Lee Yong-gill, 2013–2015
• Na Gyung-che, 2015
  • Choi Seung-hyeon, 2015 (acting)
• Kim Sang-chul, 2015
• Koo Kyo-hyun, 2015–present

Election results

Legislative elections

Election	Total seats won	Constituency votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Leader
2016	0 / 300	91,705	0.38%	0 seats; Opposition	Koo Kyo-hyun

Local elections

Election	Metropolitan mayor/Governor	Provincial legislature	Municipal mayor	Municipal legislature
2014	0 / 17	1 / 789	0 / 226	6 / 2,898

See also

• New Progressive Party (South Korea)
• Socialist Party (South Korea)
• Pak Noja
• Park Eun-ji (politician)

External links

• (Korean)
• Labor Party on Twitter (Korean)
• Labor Party on Facebook (Korean)