Progressive Party (South Korea, 1956)

Progressive Party
Hangul	진보당
Hanja	進步黨
Revised Romanization	Jinbodang
McCune–Reischauer	Chinbodang

Progressive Party

진보당
Progressive Party 진보당
Leader	Cho Pong-am
General Secretary	Yun Kil-chung
Founded	January 26, 1956 (de facto); November 10, 1956 (de jure)
Dissolved	February 25, 1958
Headquarters	Jongro 2-ga, Jongro-gu, South Korea
Membership (1956)	around 1,500
Ideology	Progressivism (South Korean); Social democracy (de jure); Social liberalism (de facto);
Political position	Centre-left
	Politics of South Korea; Political parties; Elections;

Progressive Party (Korean: 진보당; Hanja: 進步黨; RR: Jinbodang; MR: Chinbodang) was a short-lived moderate left political party founded after the Korean War in South Korea under the leadership of Cho Bong-am.^[3] It was a major political force from 1956 to 1958, and fell apart in 1959.

^ 徐·曺兩氏對立去益深刻 [The conflict between Seo and Jo is more intensifying]. The Kyung Hyang Press (in Chinese). 1956-08-12. Retrieved 2015-01-17 – via Naver.
^ Lawrence S. Kaplan, ed. (2004). NATO Divided, NATO United: The Evolution of an Alliance. Praeger. p. 26. ISBN 9780275983772. ... And when the Korean War wound down two years later, the U.S. forces became a ready target for a coalition of the liberal Progressive Party, the Communist Party, and the National Preservation Party that had won an impressive victory in ...
^ Kim, Yunjong (2016). The Failure of Socialism in South Korea: 1945 - 2007. New York: Routledge. p. 54.

[1] 徐·曺兩氏對立去益深刻 [The conflict between Seo and Jo is more intensifying]. The Kyung Hyang Press (in Chinese). 1956-08-12. Retrieved 2015-01-17 – via Naver.

[2] Lawrence S. Kaplan, ed. (2004). NATO Divided, NATO United: The Evolution of an Alliance. Praeger. p. 26. ISBN 9780275983772. ... And when the Korean War wound down two years later, the U.S. forces became a ready target for a coalition of the liberal Progressive Party, the Communist Party, and the National Preservation Party that had won an impressive victory in ...

[failure-3] Kim, Yunjong (2016). The Failure of Socialism in South Korea: 1945 - 2007. New York: Routledge. p. 54.

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