Korean Socialist Party

Not to be confused with Socialist Party (South Korea).
Korean Socialist Party
FounderYi Dong-hwi[1]
FoundedMay 11, 1918 (1918-05-11)[1][2]
DissolvedJanuary, 1921[1]
Merger ofKorean Democratic Corps[3]
Succeeded byKorean Communist Party
HeadquartersKalinina 18, Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Russia[4]
NewspaperJayujong[5]
Armed wingKorean Red Guards[1][5]
Korean Democratic Corps[3]
IdeologySocialism
Left wing nationalism
International affiliationComintern[1][5]
Korean Socialist Party
Korean name
Hangul한인사회당
Hanja韓人社會黨
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationHanin sahoedang
McCune–ReischauerHanin sahoedang
Russian name
RussianКорейская социалистическая партия

The Korean Socialist Party (Korean: 한인사회당) was a socialist party of Korea.[1] The party was founded in 1918 in Khabarovsk, Soviet Russia.[1][2] In April 1919, the party merged with the Korean Democratic Corps (대한신민단; 大韓新民團) at the second representative congress of Korean Socialist Party.[3][5] And in 1921, the party merged with Korean communist groups of Irkutsk and was renamed as the Korean Communist Party.[5]

The establishment of the party was supported by the local Bolshevik authority in the Russian Far East, represented by the likes of Alexander Krasnoshchyokov and Alexandra Kim.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Gim, Changsu (1997). "한인사회당(韓人社會黨)" [Korean Socialist Party]. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. ^ a b "한인사회당 창당대회 개최지". Independence Movement Abroad Historic Site (in Korean). Independence Hall of Korea. Retrieved 2018-04-06. (…) 이동휘와 김 알렉산드라 페트로브나의 주도적인 노력에 힘입어 1918년 5월 11일(양력) 하바롭스크에서 박애·이한영·김립·오하묵·오영준(오와실리) 등의 발기로 한인 최초의 사회주의 정당인 한인사회당이 탄생하게 되었다. (…)
  3. ^ a b c Sin, Yongha (2010-09-30). 日帝強占期韓國民族史 [Korean history under Japanese forced occupation] (in Korean). Seoul National University. p. 392. ISBN 8952103157.
  4. ^ "한인사회당 당간부회관 터". Independence Movement Abroad Historic Site (in Korean). Independence Hall of Korea. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. ^ a b c d e Bak, Namil (2018-04-06). "창당 100주년: 한인 사회당, 아시아 최초로 사회주의 깃발을 들다". The socialist. Retrieved 2018-04-06.