Communist Party of Korea

Not to be confused with Workers' Party of Korea.
Communist Party of Korea
조선공산당
Chosŏn Kongsandang
Leaders
Founded17 April 1925 (1925-04-17)
Dissolved23 November 1946 (1946-11-23)
Merged intoWPNK
WPSK
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationComintern

The Communist Party of Korea (Korean: 조선공산당; Hanja: 朝鮮共產黨; MR: Chosŏn Kongsandang) was a communist party in Korea founded during a secret meeting in Seoul in 1925.[1] The Governor-General of Korea had banned communist and socialist parties under the Peace Preservation Law (see history of Korea), so the party had to operate in a clandestine manner. The leaders of the party were Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.

  1. ^ Lankov, Andrei N. (1 January 2001). "The Demise of Non-Communist Parties in North Korea (1945–1960)". Journal of Cold War Studies. 3 (1): 103–125. doi:10.1162/15203970151032164. S2CID 57570755 – via Project MUSE.