Not to be confused with New People's Party of Korea.

The New People's Party (Korean: 새민중정당; Hanja: 새民衆政黨; lit. New People's Political Party) was a South Korean left-wing political party that formed on 3 September 2017.[1] The original name was "Dream of People" (민중의 꿈) as a civic group,[1] but it was changed to its current name by July 2017. The party was planning to combine with the People's United Party, also a left-wing party.[2] Both parties were created by former members of the Unified Progressive Party, which dissolved in 2014. The party gained 2 seats out of 300 in the National Assembly in 2016, both of them from Ulsan.

On 15 October 2017, the combination was done and rebuilt as Minjung Party.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "'새민중정당' 창당준비위 출범…통진당 출신 주도".
  2. ^ "진보정당 표방 '새민중정당 대전시당' 창당출범대회 개최". OhmyNews. 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ "민중당 공식 출범 "민중 승리시대 열 것" 포부". 15 October 2017.

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