Bareun Party

Bareun Party
바른정당
LeaderYoo Seong-min
Floor leaderOh Sin-hwan
Secretary GeneralKim Sung-dong
Chairman of the Policy Planning CommitteeJi Sang-wook
Founded27 December 2016 (2016-12-27) (as a parliamentary group)
25 January 2017 (2017-01-25) (as a political party)
Dissolved13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)[1]
Split fromSaenuri Party
Merged intoBareunmirae Party
IdeologyConservatism (South Korea)[2]
Moderate conservatism
Political positionCentre-right[3]
Factions:
Right-wing[2]
Colors  Sky Blue[4]
Party flag
Website
bareun.party
Bareun Party
Hangul
바른정당
Revised RomanizationBareunjeongdang
McCune–ReischauerParŭnjŏngdang
Conservative New Party for Reform
Hangul
개혁보수신당
Revised RomanizationGaehyeokbosusindang
McCune–ReischauerKaehyŏkposusindang

The Bareun Party (Korean바른정당; Hanja바른政黨; RRBareunjeongdang; lit. Righteous Political Party) was a conservative[2][5][6] political party in South Korea, announced on 27 December 2016 with the defection of 29 anti-Park Saenuri Party lawmakers. It was known as the Conservative New Party for Reform until 8 January 2017.[7]

  1. ^ "Two minor parties merge to create new centrist party". 13 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Bareun Party's rift raises talk of political realignment". The Korea Herald. Yonhap News Agency. 19 October 2017.
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  4. ^ "바른정당 당색은 '스카이블루'". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  5. ^ Choi Ha-young (13 February 2018). "New centrist party vows to beat two major parties". The Korea Times.
  6. ^ Hong, David Sungjae (25 April 2017). "Impact Player: Yoo Seong-min". Center for Strategic and International Studies.
  7. ^ "New conservative party named 'Barun Party'". 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2018-01-30.