Rebuilding Korea Party
Rebuilding Korea Party 조국혁신당 | |
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| Abbreviation | RKP |
| Leader | Cho Kuk |
| Secretary-General | Hwang Hyun-seon |
| Floor Leader | Hwang Un-ha |
| Chair of the Policy Planning Committee | Seo Wang-Jin |
| Founded | 3 March 2024 |
| Headquarters | 93 Jandari-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Membership (2024) | 57,000 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colors |
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| Slogan | 3년은 너무 길다! ('3 Years is Too Long!')[1] |
| National Assembly | 12 / 300 |
| Metropolitan mayors and governors | 0 / 17 |
| Municipal mayors | 0 / 226 |
| Provincial and metropolitan councillors | 0 / 872 |
| Municipal councillors | 2 / 2,988 |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| rebuildingkoreaparty | |
The Rebuilding Korea Party[3] (RKP; Korean: 조국혁신당; Hanja: 祖國革新黨, lit. 'Homeland Innovation Party')[4][5] is a South Korean political party founded by former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk ahead of the 2024 South Korean legislative election. The party opposes what it refers to as "prosecutorial dictatorship" and considers President Yoon Suk-yeol's administration complicit in maintaining it. The party aims to reform and depoliticize South Korea's Public Prosecutor's Office.[6] The name of the party can be pronounced as 'Cho-kuk Hyuk-sin Dang' in Korean. The word 'Cho-kuk' refers to 'Motherland (Korea)', but also refers to the name of the party founder Cho Kuk. However, the Hanja, which gives Korean words their meanings, is different.
History
[edit]Former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk announced on 13 February 2024, that he was planning on establishing a new political party with the aim of fighting against "prosecutorial dictatorship".[7] He subsequently registered the Cho Kuk New Party (조국신당) as a preparatory party establishment committee with the National Election Commission. After holding a naming contest for the party, its name was changed to the Rebuilding Korea Party on 29 February 2024. The party selected true blue as its primary color.[8] The party was officially founded on 3 March 2024 at the party's establishment ceremony.[9]
In the 2024 election, the RKP won 12 seats, all of which were proportional representation seats (RKP did not stand candidates for the district seats to avoid vote-splitting).[10] This made RKP the third-largest party in the 300-seat South Korean parliament, after the Democratic Party (DP), which won 175 seats, and People Power Party (PPP), which won 108 seats.[10]
Following the 2024 self-coup attempt the party's legislators voted in favor of the Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.
Ideology
[edit]The Rebuilding Korea Party is primarily described as liberal and progressive.[11][12] It is considered more progressive than the Democratic Party (DP).[10]
The party's platform sets forth abolishing "prosecutorial dictatorship" in South Korea and bringing an end to President Yoon Suk-yeol's administration as a priority. It aims to reform the Ministry of Economy and Finance and make the National Assembly Budget Office independent from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The party displays economic progressive tendencies, and supports greater government intervention in the economy through environmental and scientific investments, balanced development, and expanding the social safety net. The party seeks to achieve a peaceful relationship of cooperation with North Korea and the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.[13]
List of leaders
[edit]| No. | Name | Photo | Term of office | |
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| Took office | Left office | |||
| 1 | Cho Kuk | .jpg)
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3 March 2024 | 4 July 2024 |
| - | Kim Joon-hyung (ERC) |
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4 July 2024 | 20 July 2024 |
| 2 | Cho Kuk |
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20 July 2024 | 12 December 2024 |
| - | Kim Sunmin (ERC) |
12 December 2024 | Incumbent | |
Election results
[edit]| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | Position | Status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | No. | +/– | ||||
| 2024 | Cho Kuk | 6,874,278 | 24.25 | New | 12 / 46
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12 / 300
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New | 3rd | Opposition | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "'Angry' South Korean voters turn to fledgling protest party". France 24. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "조국신당, '조국혁신당' 정식 당명 확정… "당 색깔은 트루블루"". 29 February 2024.
- ^ 조, 국 (10 March 2024). "'조국혁신당'의 영문명은 'Rebuilding Korea Party'입니다. 영문지 또는 외신 기자 여러분, 기억해주십시오". Facebook (in Korean). Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "당명은 정했는데 '조국' 한자는 못 정했다…창준위 "한자 쓰지 않을 수도 있다"". Segye Ilbo (in Korean). 29 February 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ 최, 평천 (26 February 2024). "선관위, '조국신당' 명칭 불허…"'祖國'은 당명에 사용 가능"". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ 한, 혜원 (3 March 2024). "조국혁신당 창당…"결자해지 심정으로 검찰 독재정권 종식"". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Convicted ex-Justice Minister Cho Kuk to launch new political party". Korea JoongAng Daily. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ 진, 현우 (29 February 2024). "조국신당, '조국혁신당' 정식 당명 확정… "당 색깔은 트루블루"". 신아일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "금태섭 "조국혁신당 창당 참담…부끄러움은 국민의 몫"". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Victor Cha, Jinwan Park, and Andy Lim, South Korea's 2024 General Election: Results and Implications, Center for Strategic and International Studies (April 10, 2024).
- ^ "이낙연-임종석 회동이어 '반명연합' 성사 촉각…조국혁신당 출범". 연합뉴스TV (in Korean). 3 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ 박, 윤수 (4 March 2024). "범야권 비례정당·조국혁신당 동시 출범". MBC 뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "조국혁신당". www.xn--3e0b68h6spymf.kr. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
