Justice Party (South Korea)

The Justice Party (Hangul: 정의당; Hanja: 正義黨; RR: Jeonguidang) is a left-liberal and social democratic political party in South Korea. It was founded on 21 October 2012 when it split from the Unified Progressive Party.

Justice Party 정의당
Leader	Yeo Yeong-gug
Floor Leader	Bae Jin-gyo
Secretary-General	Shin Eon-jik
Chair of the Policy Planning Committee	Jang Hye-young
Founded	21 October 2012 (2012-10-21)
Merger of	Aliance of Labor Politics Elements of the Labor Party Elements of the People's Congress
Split from	Unified Progressive Party (old-NPP and PP factions)[1][2]
Headquarters	7, Gukhoe-daero 70-, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul
Youth wing	Youth Justice Party
Membership (2019)	59,243[3]
Ideology	Social democracy[4][5][6] Liberalism (South Korea)[a]
Political position	Centre-left[14][15][16][17]
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance (observer)[18][19]
Colours	Yellow
Slogan	Labour's Hope, Citizen's Dream (Hangul: 노동의 희망, 시민의 꿈, Nodongi himang, simini kkum)
Seats in the National Assembly	6 / 300
Metropolitan mayor and Gubernatorial	0 / 17
Municipal Mayors	0 / 226
Seats within local government	24 / 2,927
Website
www.justice21.org

Notes

1. JP is generally classified as a "progressive" party and is recognized as different from South Korea's Minjudangkye tradition,^[7][8] but media describe JP as a "liberal" party.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}