New Progressive Party (South Korea)

New Progressive Party
진보신당
PresidentHong Se-hwa (former)
Founded16 March 2008 (2008-03-16)
22 October 2012 (2012-10-22) (re-form)
Dissolved12 April 2012 (2012-04-12) (dissolution)
23 June 2013 (2013-06-23) (Labor Party)
Merger ofSocialist Party
Split fromDemocratic Labor Party
Succeeded byLabor Party
HeadquartersDaeha Building, 14-11 Yoido-dong, Youngdungpo-gu, Seoul
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
Colours  Red
New Progressive Party
Hangul
진보신당
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJinbosindang
McCune–ReischauerChinbosintang

The New Progressive Party (NPP; Korean진보신당; Hanja進步新黨; RRJinbosindang; MRChinbosintang) was a political party in South Korea. The New Progressive Party was established by a number of Democratic Labor Party members (known as 'People's Democracy Faction') who left the party in reaction to the dominating Minjokhaebang factions.