Democratic Party (South Korea, historical)

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The Democratic Party (South Korea, historical) was a major mid-20th-century South Korean liberal opposition party that played a key role in challenging authoritarian rule and shaping the country’s early democratic politics.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party
political party
activeInPeriod mid-20th century
advocatedFor anti-corruption reforms
civil liberties
constitutionalism
parliamentary democracy
aimedTo end one-party dominance of the Liberal Party
associatedWith National Assembly of South Korea
coreValue representative government
rule of law
country South Korea
focus urban middle-class support
governed Second Republic coalition governments
helpedCause fall of Syngman Rhee government
historicalContext Cold War era in Korea
historicalSignificance helped shape early democratic politics in South Korea
ideology liberalism
influenced later South Korean liberal parties
keyFigure Chang Myon
Heo Jeong
Yun Posun
languageOfName Korean
opposedTo Liberal Party (South Korea)
Syngman Rhee administration
authoritarian rule in South Korea
electoral fraud under the Liberal Party
participatedIn Second Republic of Korea politics
politicalPosition center-left
centrist
precededBy Democratic Party of Korea (1955)
region East Asia
role major opposition party
significantEvent 1960 South Korean presidential election
1960 South Korean vice-presidential election
April Revolution
status dissolved
succeededBy Civil Rule Party
People’s Party (South Korea, 1963)
supportedSystem multi-party democracy
typeOfOpposition parliamentary opposition

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Progressive Alliance ("South Korean Democratic Party")
hasMember
Ban Ki-moon
memberOf
Democratic Party (South Korea, historical) ("Democratic Party of Korea (1955)")
precededBy

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