Socialist Party 사회당 社會黨 | |
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| President | Ahn Hyo-sang |
| Founded | 29 November 1998 |
| Dissolved | 4 March 2012 |
| Merged into | New Progressive Party |
| Headquarters | 11F Nagyeong Building, 115-62 Gongdeok-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul |
| Ideology | Social democracy[citation needed] |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| Colours | Red, Black and Green |
| Socialist Party | |
| Hangul | 사회당 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Sahoedang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sahoetang |
The Socialist Party (Korean: 사회당; Hanja: 社會黨; RR: Sahoedang; MR: Sahoetang; SP) was a minor left-wing political party in South Korea, founded in 1998. It advocated an ideology of socialism, social republicanism, peace and environmentalism.
On 19 February 2012, at its final Sixteenth Party Congress, the Socialist Party voted by 404 votes to 54 to merge with the New Progressive Party.[1] The party was formally dissolved on 4 March 2012.
- ^ 사회당, 진보신당과의 합당을 위한 수임기관 설치 Archived 14 September 2012 at archive.today Socialist Party, 19 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.