Laboring People's Party

The Laboring People's Party (Korean: 근로인민당; Hanja: 勤勞人民黨^[1]) of Korea was a centre-left^[2] to left-wing^[3] political party in South Korea and North Korea.

Laboring People's Party 근로인민당
Leader	Lyuh Woon-hyung
Founded	1947
Dissolved	1949 (South Korea)
Preceded by	People's Party of Korea
Headquarters	South Korea (until 1949)
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism Korean reunification Korean nationalism Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
Politics of South Korea Political parties Elections Politics of North Korea Political parties Elections

Under the leadership of Lee Yong, the party continued to operate in North Korea where it participated in elections. It won seats in the Supreme People's Assembly at least in 1957. Two of its delegates were purged in the aftermath of the August Faction Incident sometime between 1957 and 1959.^[3]

See also

• Democratic Independent Party
• Hong Myong-hui
• Progressivism in South Korea