Unified Progressive Party

Unified Progressive Party
통합진보당
LeaderLee Jung-hee[1]
Founded5 December 2011 (2011-12-05)
Banned19 December 2014 (2014-12-19)
Merger of
Succeeded byMinjung Party (de facto)
HeadquartersNoryangjin-ro 12, Solbom Building 12th floor, Dongjak-gu, Seoul
IdeologyProgressivism (South Korean)[2]
Political position
Colours  Purple

^ a: By September 2012, Minjungminju-wing (People's Democracy faction) within the UPP left in large quantities, and the Minjokhaebang-wing (National Liberation faction) (anti-American/pro-North Korean or left-wing nationalists) became the main players.[11]
Unified Progressive Party
Hangul
통합진보당
Hanja
統合進步黨
Revised RomanizationTonghap Jinbodang
McCune–ReischauerT'onghap Chinbodang

The Unified Progressive Party (UPP; Korean통합진보당; RRTonghapjinbodang) is a banned political party in South Korea. It was founded on 5 December 2011 as a merger of the Democratic Labor Party, the People's Participation Party of Rhyu Si-min, and a faction of the New Progressive Party.[2][12] Until 12 May 2012 it was jointly chaired by Rhyu Si-min, Lee Jung-hee, and Sim Sang-jung.[4][13]

  1. ^ http://www.goupp.org/kor/intro/greeting.php UPP intro page(korean)
  2. ^ a b "Minor parties launch 'Unified Progressive Party'". The Korea Times. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  3. ^ Tom Lansford (19 March 2019). Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019. CQ Press. p. 745. ISBN 978-1544327112.
  4. ^ a b Bae Hyun-jung (20 January 2012). "Minority parties struggle". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  5. ^ Rüdiger Frank, Jim Hoare (13 September 2013). Korea 2013: Politics, Economy and Society. BRILL. p. 26. ISBN 9789004262973.
  6. ^ James E. Hoare, ed. (2020). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea. Rowman & Littlefield. p. LXIX. ISBN 9781538119761. NIS raids offices and homes of 10 officials of the left-wing Unified Progressive Party on charges of conspiring to mount a pro–North Korean insurrection.
  7. ^ [5][6]
  8. ^ Chung Min Lee, ed. (2016). Fault Lines in a Rising Asia. Brookings Institution Press. p. 323. ISBN 9780870033131. The far-left Unified Progressive Party (UPP) was South Korea's most pro–North Korean political party, and its leadership was in near-perfect alignment with the policies espoused by North Korea, but it was disbanded when the ...
  9. ^ Oul Han, ed. (2021). Polarized Politics in South Korea: Political Culture and Democracy in Partisan Newspapers. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 22. ISBN 9781793635921. ... In 2014 for example, a far-left party (Unified Progressive Party) was dissolved due to pro-North Korean activities that threaten national security.25 Accordingly, ...
  10. ^ [8][9]
  11. ^ 노회찬, 심상정, 유시민 통합진보당 탈당: 민노당 전 최고위원, 지방의원, 참여계 당원 3000여명도 '탈당 러시' [Roh Hoe-chan, Sim Sang-jung, and Yoo Si-min left the Unified Progressive Party: About 3,000 former supreme council members, local councilors, and participating members of the DLP are also leaving the party.]. Pressian. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  12. ^ "S. Korea's minor parties coalesce to form new progressive party". People's Daily Online. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  13. ^ "Progressive parties unified". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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