Socialist Party (South Korea)

Socialist Party
Hangul	사회당
Hanja	社會黨
Revised Romanization	Sahoedang
McCune–Reischauer	Sahoetang

Socialist Party

사회당
社會黨
Socialist Party 사회당; 社會黨
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
	Politics of South Korea; Political parties; Elections;

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.

[1] 사회당, 진보신당과의 합당을 위한 수임기관 설치 Archived 14 September 2012 at archive.today Socialist Party, 19 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

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