What is Korean Democratic Party?
'''Korean Democratic Party''' ({{lang-ko|한국민주당}}, [[Hanja]]: {{lang|ko|韓國民主黨}}) was an early [[political party]] in [[Korea]]. Its abbreviation was '''KDP''' ({{lang|ko|한민당}}, {{lang|ko|韓民黨}}). The party was founded in September 1945, in [[Seoul]]. The name was based on the [[United States Democratic Party]]. Its politics were [[conservative]], economy [[liberalism]] and curture [[nationalism]]. In August 1948, it lost the elections for South Korea's first government. It formed the [[opposition party]] instead. The first leader of the KDP was [[Song Jin-wu]], but he was killed by extremist nationalists, in December 1945. The second leader was [[Chang Deok-su]], who had studied politics in Europe and the United States. He was also killed by extremism nationalists, on 2 December 1947. The third leader was [[Kim Seong-su]], a founding member. He was chairman of the Korean University. Korean Democratic Party merged with the [[Great Korean People's Party]] in February 1949. They named the new party [[Democratic Peoples Party]]. In 1955, the Democratic Peoples Party was renamed the Democratic Party. == References == * [http://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view.do?docid=b24h2659b Korea Democratic Party]{{Dead link|date=October 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ko}} * [http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=245987&v=42 Korea Democratic Party]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ko}} * [http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=244017&v=43 Democratic Peoples Party]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ko}} * [http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=B&i=205071&v=43 Korea Democratic Party]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ko}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Political parties in South Korea]]