54-555: [REDACTED] Look up DUP or dup in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. DUP or Dup may refer to: Politics [ edit ] Democratic Unionist Party , a conservative and unionist party in Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (disambiguation) Democratic Union Party (disambiguation) Democratic United Party (South Korea),
108-710: A big tent party. On 26 March 2014, the New Politics Alliance for Democracy was founded after an independent group led by Ahn Cheol-soo, in the process of forming the New Political Vision Party, merged with the Democratic Party led by Kim Han-gil . As a result, the former Democratic Party was absorbed into the NPAD and the preparatory committee of the NPVP was dissolved. Ahn and Kim jointly assumed leadership of
162-709: A "centrist-liberal government" while taking a culturally liberal approach to military reform, school reform, and environmental issues, but a somewhat moderate socially conservative approach to disability rights and LGBT rights. He also implemented reformative economic policies like implementing the 52-hour workweek, increasing the minimum wage, and regulating the housing market. Lee Nak-yon , former Prime Minister under Moon administration, pledged to continue Moon's policies, proposing "New Welfare System," which would upgrade and expand South Korea's social safety net. During his campaign for party leader, Lee Nak-yon gained support of some pro-Moon Assembly members. As of March 2024,
216-483: A "pro-Roh hegemony" in the party, as Ahn and Kim were jeered and harassed at a memorial service for Roh held in May 2015. As the factional conflict intensified, the party lost support, falling from around 40 to 30 percent in opinion polls. A survey conducted on 12–14 November 2015, showed that supporters of the party wanted Ahn and Seoul mayor Park Won-soon to assume the leadership alongside Moon. On 29 November, Ahn rejected
270-537: A former name of the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015) Computing [ edit ] dup (system call) DUP programming language Other uses [ edit ] Dup (drum) , a Caribbean membranophone Dup (cuneiform) , a sign in cuneiform writing Dances of Universal Peace , a spiritual practice Daughters of Utah Pioneers , a women's organization Duano' language (ISO-639: dup) See also [ edit ] Dupe (disambiguation) Duplication (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
324-537: A former name of the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015) Computing [ edit ] dup (system call) DUP programming language Other uses [ edit ] Dup (drum) , a Caribbean membranophone Dup (cuneiform) , a sign in cuneiform writing Dances of Universal Peace , a spiritual practice Daughters of Utah Pioneers , a women's organization Duano' language (ISO-639: dup) See also [ edit ] Dupe (disambiguation) Duplication (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
378-540: A more moderate stance. Lee was also criticized for leaving behind his (liberal/progressive) "values" to win the votes of conservative voters. Centrist reformism has historically dominated the Democratic Party and its policies. The centrist reformist faction historically originated from the Donggyo-dong faction which was centered around President Kim Dae-jung . The party's moderate reformists mainly belonged to
432-456: A proposal from Moon to establish joint leadership and presented Moon with a demand to call a convention to elect a new party leader. Moon rejected his demand, and Ahn left the party. Ahn was followed by a number of NPAD assembly members, including his former co-leader Kim Han-gil and Kwon Rho-kap, a former aide of President Kim Dae-jung from the party's stronghold of Honam . Ahn and Kim merged their groups with that of another defector from
486-418: A tough stance on relations with North Korea and pursued harmony between selective welfare and universal welfare. As moderates, they faced criticism from progressives inside the party for being ' center-right ', leading some progressive members to withdraw from the party. After the party's defeat in the 2014 South Korean by-elections , Kim and Ahn resigned as party leaders. Kim Han-gil and Ahn Cheol-soo joined
540-430: Is also a social conservative and economic liberal faction centered on National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo . Social liberal populists support centre-left, progressive policies including New Deal -like policies. The faction enjoys high support from general party members, but there is less support among the party's National Assembly members. The faction is centered around Lee Jae-myung and often referred to as
594-531: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages DUP [REDACTED] Look up DUP or dup in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. DUP or Dup may refer to: Politics [ edit ] Democratic Unionist Party , a conservative and unionist party in Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (disambiguation) Democratic Union Party (disambiguation) Democratic United Party (South Korea),
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#1732837537492648-486: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015) The Democratic Party ( DPK ; Korean : 더불어민주당 , lit. ' Together Democratic Party ' ), formerly known as the New Politics Alliance for Democracy ( NPAD ; 새정치민주연합 ), is a centrist - liberal South Korean political party . The DPK and its rival,
702-471: The 2022 presidential election campaign, when Lee emphasized "centrism and civic integration". During the presidential campaign, Lee spent much time meeting and gaining support from centrists and conservatives. The party emphasized "economic growth" throughout the election campaign. Some columnists of Hankyoreh reported Lee Jae-myung as saying, "I should have shouted for reform and change, not pragmatism and integration," revealing his regret for turning to
756-551: The Maeil Business Newspaper which evaluated members of the National Assembly based on their voting records concluded that Kim Jin-pyo was closer to being conservative than centrist. Kim introduced the "Homosexuality Healing Movement" as one of several proposed countermeasures against South Korea's low birth rate, which aimed to "convert" LGBT+ people to being heterosexual. Despite his conservative tendencies, Kim won
810-553: The People Power Party (PPP), form the two major political parties of South Korea. The NPAD was founded on 26 March 2014 out of a merger between the Democratic Party and the preparatory committee of the New Political Vision Party (NPVP) led by Ahn Cheol-soo . The party changed its name to the Democratic Party on 28 December 2015. In 2022, the Democratic Party, the Open Democratic Party , and New Wave merged to form
864-404: The "pro-Myung" faction. When Lee Jae-myung initially entered politics, he was called Korea's Bernie Sanders and was considered an anti-establishment alternative to the moderate Democratic Party. Jacobin magazine referred to Representative Lee Jae-myung as a progressive in 2017. But after 2022, he is mainly described as a liberal and has rolled back some of his pledges that were criticized in
918-517: The Assembly as an independent, representing Sejong City . Following its electoral victory, Kim announced that the Democratic Party would shift its focus from welfare to economic growth and structural reform. Kim stated that the party would also change its position to support the establishment of for-profit hospitals, in contrast to the party's earlier opposition to the policy. After the constitutional court impeached President Park Geun-hye for bribery,
972-515: The DPK's position on the political spectrum to the right of Christian democracy , saying that the DPK is "more [economically and socially] conservative than the centre-right German Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)" in particular. The Democratic Party's LGBT + policy is more conservative than CDU. Because of this, some left-leaning researchers have placed the party more right-wing than Western European conservative parties. Also, many members of
1026-439: The Democratic Party " centre-right " After that, moderates such as Lee Nak-yon and Kim Tae-nyeon held the party leadership. However, after the progressive Lee Jae-myung was elected as the party's leader, the party moved in a more progressive direction, to the dismay of the moderate and conservative factions. The Democratic Party is a big tent party, with ideological factions spanning from centre-left to centre-right on
1080-416: The Democratic Party has gone through changes depending on its leadership. In the party's early days, moderate and conservative-leaning leadership were mainstream, but as a result of progressives and conservatives competing for leadership, the party has gradually moved in a progressive direction. During the early days of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, co-leaders Kim Han-gil and Ahn Cheol-soo took
1134-473: The Democratic Party's Moon Jae-in won the presidential election with 41.1% of the vote, with Hong Joon-pyo of the Liberty Korea Party coming in second with 24%. On 15 April 2020, the Democratic Party and its allies won an absolute majority with 180 seats in the 300-member National Assembly. The main opposition United Future Party (UFP) won 103 seats. On 9 March 2021, Lee Nak-yon resigned as
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#17328375374921188-427: The Democratic Party, such as Lee Hae-chan , Moon Jae-in , and Lee Jae-myung , define the party's de facto identity as 'true conservative', 'moderate conservative' or 'centre-right'. In his book titled 1219 The end is beginning , Moon Jae-in writes, "it is only a backward political reality unique to South Korea that political forces which are centre-right in nature are attacked for being left-wing." The ideology of
1242-513: The Lee was held in the National Assembly on February 21 but was rejected by a narrow margin. Conflict arose between the pro-Lee Jae-myung faction and anti-Lee Jae-myung faction over the arrest motion. The pro-Lee Jae-myung faction argued that the party leader won nearly 80% of the party's vote and that the party's supporters overwhelmingly support the rejection of the arrest motion. The anti-Lee Jae-myung and moderate faction lawmakers insisted that affairs of
1296-486: The NPAD, Chun Jung-bae , to form the People Party . Following the defections, the NPAD was renamed the Democratic Party on 28 December 2015, and Moon resigned as party leader on 27 January 2016. Subsequently, Kim Chong-in , an academic and former assemblyman who served as an economic advisor to President Park Geun-hye , was appointed party leader. Kim was viewed as an unexpected choice, as he had previously worked for
1350-466: The anti-Lee Jae-myung faction for colluding with prosecutors supportive of the Yoon Seok-yeol government to push ahead with the motion's passage despite most of the party's supporters being opposed to it. Members of the moderate and anti-Lee Jae-myung factions criticized Lee Jae-myung and urged for him to resign as party leader. A public opinion poll later revealed that 44.6% of respondents agreed with
1404-605: The by-election for the mayor of Gangseo District , Seoul defeating People Power Party candidate Kim Tae-woo. The party's candidate Jin Kyo-hoon was elected with 56.52% of vote, while the People Power Party candidate Kim Tae-woo came in second place with 39.37% of the vote. The party received support from Basic Income Party , Social Democratic Party, and the Minsaeng Party . On 3 December 2023 Representative Lee Sang-min, who
1458-503: The conservative Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo administrations in the 1980s, serving as an assembly member for the ruling Democratic Justice Party and as health and welfare minister. Kim Chong-in viewed the pro-Roh Moo-hyun faction and what he considered the extremist wing of the party as responsible for the party's troubles and pledged to diminish their influence. In the lead-up to the 2016 legislative election , he deselected Lee Hae-chan , who had been Prime Minister under Roh and
1512-503: The country" and being "socialist." However, some researchers argue that the Democratic Party has centre-right policies by international standards. It was evaluated that the Democratic Party is considered progressive within Korea despite not being progressive by international standards because Korea has a more conservative political landscape compared to other industrialized democracies (mainly belonging to OECD ). Some researchers have placed
1566-572: The election with 47.83% of the vote. After a brief non-captain system, Lee Jae-myung was elected as the party representative with 77.7% of the vote. At the time of his election, Lee had been under investigation by South Korea's Supreme Prosecutor's Office for alleged wrongdoings during his tenure as Mayor of Seongnam . As a result of the investigation, the Supreme Prosecutor's Office issued an arrest warrant for Lee on 16 February 2023 over allegations of corruption and bribery. A motion to arrest
1620-409: The entire cabinet. Rep. Hong Ihk-pyo was elected as the party's new floor leader on 26 September 2023. Hong, belonging to the party's moderate faction won the support of the pro and anti-Lee Jae-myung factions. Other key party positions were won by members of the pro-Lee Jae-myung faction, while the anti-Lee Jae-myung remained critical of Lee's leadership. In October 2023, the Democratic Party won
1674-462: The influence of centrist reformists have decreased as some members centered around Lee Nak-yon, including Lee himself left the Democratic Party to establish the New Future Party . Conservatives like Kim Jin-pyo display socially conservative attitudes on abortion and LGBT+ rights but support economically liberal policies such as the deregulation of real estate. A survey conducted by
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1728-476: The leader of the Democratic Party to run for president in the 2022 South Korean presidential election . Following major losses in the 2021 by-elections , the party leadership was reorganized. Do Jong-hwan became the interim party leader. In October 2021, the Democratic Party nominated Lee Jae-myung as its nominee in the 2022 presidential election over other contenders such as former Democratic Party leaders Lee Nak-yon and Choo Mi-ae . Lee ultimately lost
1782-489: The motion. Regarding this, party leader Lee Jae-myung requested the Gaeddal refrain from pressuring lawmakers. Park Kwang-on was elected as the floor leader of the Democratic Party with the support of a majority of lawmakers in the first round of voting. Rep. Park Kwang-on is classified as a member of the anti-Lee Jae-myung faction, often taking a neutral or critical stance against Lee Jae-myung. Rep. Kim Nam-guk withdrew from
1836-419: The nature of South Korea's electoral system, minor parties rarely win seats in elections, leading most progressive voters to vote for the Democratic Party through tactical voting . For this reason, the Democratic Party is sometimes treated as a "progressive" or "left-leaning" party when compared to the conservative, right-leaning People Power Party. In addition, some conservative-leaning politicians criticize
1890-424: The party and individual affairs of the party leader must be separated, arguing that the party's overall approval rating was falling because of the party's representative. A hardline pro-Lee Jae-myung fringe group within the Democratic Party known as the "Gaeddal" ( 개딸 ) short for (개혁의 딸들, meaning "daughters of the reformation"), pressured lawmakers who seemed to agree to the motion for Lee Jae-myung's arrest to oppose
1944-464: The party and joined the New Future Party, led by former leader Lee Nak-yeon, or the People Power Party. The Democratic Party is primarily described as a centrist party. However, the party is also described as centre-left due to it being the main liberal opponent to the conservative People Power Party . The Democratic Party is evaluated as the mainstream centre-left option in Korea. Due to
1998-477: The party as co-leaders. When the party performed poorly in by-elections that July , both leaders stepped down. The leadership of the party was then assumed by an emergency committee. On 7 February 2015, a party convention elected Moon Jae-in as the new leader of the party. Moon, who had previously served as chief of staff for former president Roh Moo-hyun , was the leader of the party's "pro-Roh" faction, opposed to Ahn and Kim. Moon came under fire for imposing
2052-449: The party due to a controversy over possession of virtual currency. Rep. Kim is considered a pro-Lee Jae-myung member and the incident has dealt a blow to the leadership of the party representative. The party attempted to appoint Lee Rae-kyung, a left-wing nationalist , as the chairperson of the party's Innovation Committee, but withdrew the appointment due to staunch opposition from internal moderates and external opposition. Kim Eun-kyung
2106-453: The party leader was issued on 22 September, and passed the National Assembly with 149 members voting in favor of Lee Jae-myung's arrest and 136 members opposing it. Initially, it was predicted that the motion for arrest would be rejected but more than 30 members within the Democratic Party agreed to the arrest motion, highlighting the party's intensifying divide between pro and anti-Lee Jae-myung factions. The pro-Lee Jae-myung faction criticized
2160-632: The party's image, saying that the events had shown the party was "still unable to move on from its old ways". Though losing votes to the People's Party formed by Ahn, Chun, and Kim Han-gil—particularly in Honam —the party emerged as the overall winner of the election, receiving a plurality of seats (123 seats) in the National Assembly with a margin of one seat over the Saenuri Party . Lee Hae-chan returned to
2214-410: The passage of the arrest motion, while 45.1% of respondents opposed it. When limited to Democratic Party supporters, 83.2% opposed the passage of the arrest motion. Afterwards, numerous key party officials resigned in order to reorganize the party. On 23 September 2023, Lee Jae-myung broke his fast that had lasted for 24 days, which he had started to demand a government reforms and the resignation of
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2268-605: The past as radical. When the "pro-Lee Jae-myung" faction started out as a minority faction in 2017, its base of support was mainly in Seongnam . He ran a 'labor law firm' that helped defend workers in Seongnam. While serving as the Mayor of Seongnam, he implemented radical progressive policies such as providing universal basic income for young people, free school uniforms, and expanding social welfare programs such as free postpartum care. At
2322-469: The political spectrum. As of March 2024, the party's mainstream is dominated by the liberal and progressive pro- Lee Jae-myung faction. The once influential pro- Lee Nak-yon faction has de facto moved to the New Future Party . They were joined by members of the anti-Lee Jae-myung faction Hong Young-pyo and Sul Hoon , who quit the Democratic Party citing their opposition to Lee Jae-myung. Although its influence has been reduced from years past, there
2376-517: The pro-Moon faction, with a minority of members belonging to pro-Lee Nak-yeon and pro- Chung Sye-kyun factions. However, compared to the pro-Moon Jae-in faction, they are economically liberal and slightly more conservative. In particular, the pro-Lee Nak-yon faction embraced economically liberal measures and drew support from the conservative wing of the party. The former president, Moon Jae-in has been described as liberal and centrist reformist. His government has been described by several experts as
2430-457: The progressive wing of the Democratic Party by labelling them as "leftist extremists." The Chosun Ilbo , JoongAng Ilbo , and the Dong-A Ilbo (collectively known as Chojoongdong ) have also criticized the Democratic Party as being leftist/left-wing. Currently, major politicians of the right-wing People's Power Party also criticize the Democratic Party's policies as "leftist policies that ruin
2484-446: The right-wing People Power Party in 2022. After Kim and Han's resignation, moderates Park Young-sun and Moon Hee-sang assumed party leadership through an emergency committee. Later, in the 2015 party leadership election , liberal Moon Jae-in won over moderate Park Jie-won . Moon's resigned as leader shortly before the 2016 South Korean legislative election , due to factional conflict and continuous losses in by-elections. He
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2646-431: The support of a majority of lawmakers in the election for speaker of the National Assembly. In addition, there are Christian democrats within the party, such as former assembly member Park Young-sun . Park had claimed in an interview that "I was the strongest opponent of the 300 members of the National Assembly in the past on homosexuality". In 2021, she turned to a more moderate conservative stance, saying she supports
2700-402: The time, his faction included moderate social democrats like Eun Soo-mi , and others from South Korean socialist groups, such as the former South Korean Socialist Workers' Alliance . However, during the 2022 presidential election, he advocated for economically liberal policies such as real estate deregulation, acquisition tax relief and pro-business arguments. This trend intensified during
2754-419: Was critical of Lee Jae-myung, left the party citing it increasingly becoming a one-man show dominated by Lee. During the primary, many people critical of Representative Lee Jae-myung were eliminated, creating controversy. During this process, key party officials who were not nominated left the party. Among them were key figures such as the former floor leader and vice-chairman of the National Assembly. They left
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#17328375374922808-508: Was instead chosen for the position. She was criticized by moderates in the party for her favorable attitude towards Lee Rae-kyung. The party strongly opposed the discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and criticized President Yoon Suk Yeol 's government, saying that the government did not take a clear opposition position and advocated for the discharge. A second motion to arrest
2862-526: Was now chairman of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, as a candidate. Lee left the party in response. Many of Kim's nominations for the party's list were rejected by the rest of the party leadership, while favored candidates of Moon were ranked near the top of the approved list. Kim offered to resign in March but stayed on as leader after a visit from Moon. Kim stated that he would continue to attempt to change
2916-456: Was succeeded by an emergency committee led by conservative economist Kim Chong-in . Afterwards, liberals Choo Mi-ae and Lee Hae-chan served as party leader. Lee Hae-chan suggested the party move in a progressive direction, claiming that the party is not a progressive party by international standards, and its policies are much more conservative than those of reformist parties in Europe, labelling
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