The Liberty Korea Party (Korean: 자유한국당) was a conservative political party in South Korea that was described variously as right-wing,right-wing populist,or far-right. Until February 2017,it was known as the Saenuri Party,and before that as the Hannara Party from 1997 to 2012,both of which are still colloquially used to refer to the party. The party formerly held a plurality of seats in the 20th Assembly before its ruling status was transferred to the Democratic Party of Korea on 27 December 2016,following the creation of the splinter Bareun Party by former Saenuri members who distanced themselves from President Park Geun-hye in the 2016 South Korean political scandal.
Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 to 2017.
Conservatism in South Korea is a political and social philosophy characterized by Korean culture and from Confucianism. South Korean conservative parties largely believe in stances such as a developmental state,pro-business,opposition to trade unions,strong national defense,anti-communism,pro-communitarianism,pro-United States and pro-European in foreign relations,pay attention on North Korean defectors,sanctions and human rights,and recently free trade,economic liberalism,and neoliberalism.
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 11 April 2012. The election was won by the ruling Saenuri or New Frontier Party,which renewed its majority in the National Assembly,despite losing seats. The election was read as a bellwether for the presidential election to be held later in the year. The result confounded exit polls and media analysis,which had predicted a closer outcome.
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 19 December 2012. They were the sixth presidential elections since democratization and the establishment of the Sixth Republic,and were held under a first-past-the-post system,in which there was a single round of voting and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes was elected. Under the South Korean constitution,a president is restricted to a single five-year term in office. The term of the then incumbent president Lee Myung-bak ended on 24 February 2013. According to the Korea Times,30.7 million people voted with turnout at 75.8%. Park Geun-hye of the Saenuri party was elected the first female South Korean president with 51.6% of the vote opposed to 48.0% for her opponent Moon Jae-in. Park's share of the vote was the highest won by any candidate since the beginning of free and fair direct elections in 1987 and the first such election in which any candidate won a majority. Moreover,as of the 2022 election,this is the latest South Korean presidential election in which the winning candidate won an absolute majority of the vote.
Hong Joon-pyo,also spelled as Hong Jun-pyo,is a South Korean politician and former prosecutor who is the current Mayor of Daegu. He previously served as the governor of South Gyeongsang Province,a member of the National Assembly for five terms,and the party leader of the conservative Grand National Party in 2011 and its successor incarnation the Liberty Korea Party from 2017 to 2018.
The Korea Vision Party,more commonly known as the K Party,is a center-rightist political party in South Korea. It was founded on 12 February 2012 by Park Se-il,president of the Hansun Foundation,a conservative think tank. There are concerns that the K Party will split the conservative vote,though Park Se-il met with Saenuri leader Park Geun-hye on 23 February,with Park Geun-hye commenting that "If a party holds the same values and orientation,we are open to partnering". The party aims to field over 200 candidates in the April elections,favoring the selection of women and younger politicians. In an opinion poll conducted on 24–25 February 2012,the K Party received a support level of 1.4%,out-ranking the more established New Progressive Party. Analysts have nonetheless raised questions over the ability of the party to secure seats,even if sitting Assembly members do defect.
Early presidential elections were held in South Korea on 9 May 2017 following the impeachment and removal of Park Geun-hye. The elections were conducted in a single round,on a first-past-the-post basis,and had originally been scheduled for 20 December 2017. However,they were brought forward after the decision of the Constitutional Court on 10 March 2017 to uphold the National Assembly's impeachment of Park. Following procedures set out in the Constitution of South Korea,Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn succeeded Park as the acting president. After Park was removed from office by the Constitutional Court's ruling,acting president Hwang announced he would not run for a term in his own right.
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 13 April 2016. All 300 members of the National Assembly were elected,253 from first-past-the-post constituencies and 47 from proportional party lists. The election was an upset victory for the liberal Democratic Party,which defied opinion polling by winning a plurality of seats in the election and defeating the ruling conservative Saenuri Party by one seat. In votes for party lists,however,Democratic Party came third,behind the Saenuri Party in first place and the new People Party in second.
Kim Moo-sung is a South Korean politician as a member of the Liberty Korea Party. He was previously the Saenuri Party leader from 2014 to 2016.
Kim Chong-in is a South Korean economist and politician. He was the interim chairman of the Minjoo Party of Korea from January to August 2016 and a member-elect of the National Assembly on the party's proportional list since the April 2016 parliamentary election. He was previously a member of the Assembly from 1981 to 1988,1992 to 1994,and 2004 to 2008,each time elected by party list. He served as Minister of Health and Social Affairs under President Roh Tae-woo from 1989 to 1990. From May 2020 until April 2021,he was the leader of the main opposition People Power Party.
Yoo Seong-min,also known as Yoo Seung-min,is a South Korean economist and politician. Yoo is former a member of the Korean Parliament and was the Bareun Party's presidential nominee in the 2017 South Korean presidential election. He is the son of late Daegu court chief,attorney and Member of Parliament,Yoo Soo-ho for Junggu of Daegu.
Chin Young is a South Korean politician in the liberal Democratic Party of Korea,and a former member of the National Assembly representing Yongsan,Seoul. He was formerly a member of the conservative Saenuri Party,and served as the first Minister of Health and Welfare in the Park Geun-hye administration from March to September 2013.
The Bareun Party was a conservative political party in South Korea,announced on 27 December 2016 with the defection of 29 anti-Park Saenuri Party lawmakers. It was known as the Conservative New Party for Reform until 8 January 2017.
Saenuri Party is a conservative political party in South Korea,founded by supporters of Park Geun-hye. It opposed her impeachment.
Ha Tae-keung is a South Korean activist and politician who is currently a member of National Assembly representing the 1st constituency of Haeundae District in Busan. He has served as Vice President of the Bareun Party,a Vice President of the Bareunmirae Party,and one of the co-Presidents of the New Conservative Party.
The People Power Party,formerly known as the United Future Party,is a conservative and right-wing political party in South Korea. It controls the South Korean presidency and is the second largest party in the National Assembly. The PPP,along with its historic rival,the Democratic Party,make up the two largest political parties in South Korea.
Suh Chung-won is a South Korean politician who served as a member of the National Assembly for eight terms. He also served as floor leader of the Our Republican Party. Suh has been in the National Assembly for 32 years,being the second most-elected member.
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 9 March 2022. Under the South Korean constitution,presidents are restricted to a single five-year term,meaning that incumbent president Moon Jae-in was ineligible to run for a second term. Opposition candidate Yoon Suk Yeol of the People Power Party won the election,defeating candidate Lee Jae-myung of the incumbent Democratic Party.
Kwon Young-se is a South Korean politician and diplomat who is currently serving as the member for Yongsan in the National Assembly. A member of the People Power Party,he is often described as a moderate conservative within his party. He previously served in the National Assembly as the member for Yeongdeungpo B from 2002 to 2012.
