Korea Democratic Party
The Korea Democratic Party (Korean: 한국민주당; Hanja: 韓國民主黨; RR: Hangukminjudang, KDP) was the leading opposition party in the first years of the First Republic of Korea. It existed from 1945 to 1949, when it merged with other opposition parties.
Korea Democratic Party 한국민주당 韓國民主黨 | |
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| Abbreviation | KDP |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Dissolved | 1949 |
| Succeeded by | Democratic Nationalist Party |
| Headquarters | Seoul |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Green |
^ A: The KDP belongs to the Minjudangkye liberal party genealogy, not the pro-Rhee conservative party genealogy of South Korea, but the actual political stance at the time was right-wing conservative. | |
| Korea Democratic Party | |
| Hangul | 한국민주당 |
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| Hanja | 韓國民主黨 |
| Revised Romanization | Han-gukminjudang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han'gukminjudang |
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The U.S. military government has defined the KDP as conservatives with high educational standards, and believed they wanted Western democracy. However, modern South Korean political academia recognizes them as South Korea's first liberal party. However, unlike the current Democratic Party, the KDP was an right-wing anti-communist, Confucian conservative and economic liberal force hostile to communist forces in the north, advocating hatred and violence against leftists and socialists.
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