Peace Democratic Party

The New United Democratic Party (Korean: 신민주연합당; Hanja: 新民主聯合黨; RR: Sinminjuyeonhabdang; MR: Sinminchuyŏnhaptang; NUDP) was a political party of South Korea from 1987 to 1991. The party was established as the Peace Democratic Party (Korean: 평화민주당; Hanja: 平和民主黨; RR: Pyeonghwaminjudang; MR: P'yŏnghwaminjudang; PDP) in October 1987 by Kim Dae-jung and his followers to contest the presidential election that year. The party later merged with Democratic Party to form the Democratic Party.

Peace Democratic Party
신민주연합당
新民主聯合黨
LeaderKim Dae-jung
Founded
  • October 29, 1987 (1987-10-29)
  • April 15, 1991 (1991-04-15)
DissolvedSeptember 16, 1991 (1991-09-16)
Split fromReunification Democratic
Merged intoDemocratic
Ideology
Political positionCentre[A]
Colours
  •   Yellow
  •   Green

^ A: The party promoted a number of policies that were economically liberal and socially conservative. As leftist/progressive ideologies were illegal in Korea for a long time at the time, their policies were considered moderate reforms and even moderate progressives.
New United Democratic Party
Hangul
신민주연합당
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSinminjuyeonhabdang
McCune–ReischauerSinminchuyŏnhaptang
Peace Democratic Party
Hangul
평화민주당
Hanja
Revised RomanizationPyeonghwaminjudang
McCune–ReischauerP'yŏnghwaminjudang
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