Green Party Korea

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Green Party
녹색당
LeadersKim Soon-ae
Lee Chi-seon
Founded2 April 2012 (2012-04-02)
(Green Party)
13 October 2012 (2012-10-13)
(Greens Plus)
19 April 2014 (2014-04-19)
(Green Party)
Headquarters Seoul
Membership (2016)10,085 [1]
Ideology
Political position Left-wing [5]
National affiliation Green Justice Party (2024)
Regional affiliation Asia Pacific Greens Federation
International affiliation Global Greens
Colours  Green
National Assembly
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Website
kgreens.org

Green Party Korea is a political party in South Korea. The party was established in March 2012. It is a continuation of the Korea Greens, created following initial discussions in 2011. The party was established in response to the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis of Japan. Green Party Korea is a member of the Global Greens and the Asia Pacific Greens Federation.

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History

As a result of the party only getting 0.48% in the 19th national parliamentary election in April 2012, the party was disbanded by the National Election Administration Office. However, the paragraph 4 of article 41 and the subparagraph 3 of paragraph 1 of article 44 of the Political Parties Act, [6] which had revoked registration of parties and banned use of the titles of the parties whose obtained numbers of votes had been less than 2% of the total number of effective votes, were ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Korea on 28 January 2014. [7] As a result, Green Party Korea recovered its title. [8]

Green Party Korea, together with the Basic Income Youth Network, began a two-week tour on 6 July 2015 to discover the opinions citizens in South Korea have about basic income, and to introduce the concept of basic income to the community. The party has also adopted basic income as part of their party platform. [9]

The party joined an electoral alliance with social-democratic Justice Party to participate in 2024 South Korean legislative election. Due to South Korean electoral law, which doesn't allow electoral alliances officially, the Justice Party changed its name to the Green Justice Party, and candidates of the Green Party individually joined the Green Justice Party.

Since 2025, the Green Party has been working in solidarity with the Justice Party and Labor Party, creating Korea's version of a left-wing traffic light coalition. The Labor Party announced in early 2025 that they would join the alliance, forming the traffic light coalition. [10] Since the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol triggered a Presidential Election, the three progressive parties have announced that they will field a joint candidate.

Membership demographics

The party has more females than males. About 38.2% of party members are in their 40s. 24.8% of party members are 50 years of age or older.

Leadership

  1. Lee Hyun-joo and Ha Seung-soo (co-serving; 2012–2014)
  2. Lee You-jin and Ha Seung-soo (co-serving; 2014–2016)
  3. Kim Ju-on and Choi Hyeok-bong (co-serving; 2016–2018)
  4. Ha Seung-soo and Shin Ji-ye (co-serving; 2018–2020)
  5. Sung Mi-sun (2020–2021)
  6. Kim Ye-won and Lee Jae-hyeok (co-serving; 2021)
  7. Kim Ye-won and Kim Chan-hwi (co-serving; 2021–2023)
  8. Kim Chan-hwi (2023–2024)
  9. Kim Soon-ae and Lee Chi-seon (co-serving; 2024–present)

Election results

Legislature

ElectionLeaderConstituencyParty listSeatsPositionStatus
Votes %Seats+/-Votes %Seats+/-No.+/–
2012 Lee Hyeon-ju
Ha Seung-soo 		4,8430.02
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new103,8420.48
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2016 Lee Yoo-jin
Ha Seung-soo 		31,4910.13
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2020 Seong Mi-seon58,9480.21
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2024 Charnie Kim
with Justice Party
107,0290.37
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Steady2.svg6thExtra-parliamentary

Local

ElectionCandidateVotes %
Seoul, 2018 Shin Ji-ye 82,8741.67
Jeju, 2018 Ko Eun-young 12,1883.53
Jeju, 2022 Bu Soon-jeong 5,7501.94

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2015년 6월 당원현황 보고 (그래프) (in Korean). Green Party Koreans. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Kim, Juon (24 September 2018). "Peace, Politics and Green Possibilities in South Korea". Green European Journal. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. ↑ 탁양현 (11 January 2019). 진보주의 정치철학, 수운 최제우, 안토니오 그람시 (in Korean). e퍼플. p. 33. ISBN   9791163473008 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "녹색정치와 진보정당, 미래를 말하다". 24 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Sanghun Lee (9 July 2020). "The substance of a Korean Green New Deal is still being defined". Eco Business. During South Korea's parliamentary election in mid-April, which was the world's first national election amid the pandemic, the ruling centrist Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), the centre-right Party for People's Livelihoods (PPL), the centre-left Justice Party (JP) and the left Green Party Korea (GPK) all made pledges around a "Green New Deal"
  6. ↑ 한국법제연구원 영문법령. elaw.klri.re.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  7. ↑ 2012헌마431. search.ccourt.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "녹색당" 당명회복!! 헌재의 위헌결정을 환영한다. 녹색당 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  9. ↑ Widerquist, Karl (5 July 2015). "KOREA: Basic Income Tour Kicks off on July 6, 2015". BIEN: Basic Income Earth Network. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  10. ↑ https://www.kwnews.co.kr/page/view/2024121618470229835


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