Кореяның саяси партиясының тарихы (1997-2020)

1997–2020 political party in South Korea

The Liberty Korea Party (hangul=자유한국당) was a conservative under the authoritarian rule of Park Chung Hee in 1963. On Park's death, and at the beginning of the rule of Chun Doo hwan in 1980, it was reconstituted and renamed as the Democratic Justice Party. In 1988, party member Roh Tae woo introduced a wide range of political reforms including direct presidential elections and a new constitution. The party was renamed in 1993, during the presidency of Kim Young sam, with the merger of other parties to form the Democratic Liberal Party (Minju Jayudang). It was renamed as the New Korea Party (Sinhangukdang) in 1995, and it then became the Grand National Party in November 1997 following its merger with the smaller United Democratic Party and various conservative parties.

Three months later, in 1998, with the election of Kim Dae jung of the National Congress for New Politics as president, the conservative party's governing role came to an end, and it began its first ever period in opposition, which would last ten years. In October 2012, the Advancement Unification Party merged with the Saenuri Party. Following the 2000 parliamentary elections, it was the single largest political party, with 54% of the vote and 133 seats out of 271. The party continued to control the National Assembly. The party was defeated in the parliamentary election in 2004 following the attempted impeachment of President Roh Moo hyun, gaining only 121 seats out of 299. The party's defeat reflected public disapproval of the attempted impeachment, which was instigated by the party. This was the first time in its history the party had not won the most seats. It gained back five seats in by elections, bringing it to 127 seats as of 28 October 2005.

On 19 December 2007, the GNP's candidate, former Seoul mayor Lee Myung bak won the presidential election, ending the party's ten year period in opposition. In the April 2008 general election, the GNP secured a majority of 153 seats out of 299 and gained power in the administration and the parliament as well as most local governments, despite low voter turnout. One of the main bases of popular support of the party originates from the conservative, traditionalist elite and the rural population, except for farmers. It is strongest in the Gyeongsang region. Former party head, and 2007 presidential candidate, Park Geun hye is the daughter of former President Park Chung Hee who ruled from 1961 to 1979. Although Representative Won Hee ryeong and Hong Jun pyo ran for the party primary as reformist candidates, former Seoul mayor and official presidential candidate Lee Myung bak gained more support (about 40%) from the Korean public. The GNP suffered a setback in the 2010 local elections, losing a total of 775 local seats throughout the counties, but remained with the most seats in the region. GNP affiliated politician, Oh Se hoon, lost his mayoral position in Seoul after the Seoul Free Lunch Referendum. The Grand National Party celebrated its 14th anniversary on 21 November 2011, amid uncertainties from intra party crises. The DDoS attacks during the October 2011 by election have become a central concern of the GNP as it could potentially disintegrate the party leadership.

The Hong Jun pyo leadership system collapsed on 9 December 2011, and the GNP Emergency Response Commission was launched on 17 December 2011, with Park Geun hye as commission chairperson, to prepare for the forthcoming Legislative Election 2012 on 11 April 2012, and the Presidential Election 2012 on 19 December 2012. There was a debate with Commission members about whether to transform the Grand National Party into a non conservative political party or not, but Park said the GNP would never become non conservative and will follow the real values of conservatism.

The party's leader and South Korean President Park Geun hye was impeached and convicted for her role in a corruption scandal.

The Liberty Korea Party merged with Onward for Future 4.0 and the New Conservative Party on 17 February, launching the United Future Party in time for the upcoming 2020 South Korean legislative election.

In February 2012, the party changed its political official color from blue to red. This was a change from the previous 30 years where blue was usually the symbol of the conservative parties.

The party supports free trade and neoliberal economic policies. It favors maintaining strong cooperation with the United States and Japan, and also believes that each Korean first level province needs to have a sustainable economy. The party is also conservative on social issues such as opposition to legal recognition of same sex couples. The party supports equality between man and woman, as quoted, "and ensure that both men and women are equally guaranteed opportunities"

The party has been less inclined toward the creation of a new capital city for South Korea, to be called Sejong City than the previous administration. As of 2012, the Saenuri Party has indicated that some governmental offices will be relocated to the new city, but not all.

The party has been very active in promoting the North Korean Human Rights Law, which would officially condemn the use of torture, public executions and other human rights violations in North Korea. Party representative Ha Tae Kyung is the founder of Open Radio for North Korea, an NGO dedicated to spreading news and information about democracy, to which citizens of North Korea have little access due to their government's isolationist policies. In April 2012, Saenuri member Cho Myung Chul became the first North Korean defector elected to the National Assembly. In spring 2012, several Saenuri representatives took part in the Save My Friend protests, organized to oppose China's policy of repatriating North Korean defectors, and expressed their solidarity with Park Sun young's hunger strike.

The party has records of secretly hiring and paying university students to generate online replies favorable to the GNP. GNP member Jin Seong ho (진성호) formally apologized on 2 July 2009, for making a remark that "the GNP occupied Naver," one of the biggest South Korean internet portals.

The party passed a bill relating to the year 2011 national budget without the opposition parties' input on 8 December 2010. It had caused legislative violence before. This process of passing the budget bill sparked controversy over potential illegality. Due to this incident, many South Korean political, academic and citizen groups expressed their outrage against current mainstream politics. The reason for forceful passing of the bill was due mainly to the budget disputes over the controversial Four Major Rivers Project. Many Buddhists in South Korea criticized the budget bill for neglecting the national Temple Stay program. This has led the Jogye Order, the largest Buddhist order in South Korea, to sever ties with the GNP and becoming financially independent without any funding from the government. The interns and the staff working in the National Assembly officially complained on 17 December that their salary was unpaid after the passing of this bill.

Certain members of the Liberty Korea Party have faced criticism for expressing anti refugee, homophobic views and advocacy of authoritarian rules of the October Restoration.

No. Name Term of office Took office Left office 1 Mok Yo sang 21 November 1997 16 December 1997 2 Lee Sang deuk 16 December 1997 5 April 1998 3 Ha Soon bong 5 April 1998 27 August 1998 4 Park Hee tae 27 August 1998 14 January 1999 5 Lee Boo young 14 January 1999 1 June 2000 6 Jung Chang hwa 1 June 2000 13 May 2001 7 Lee Jae oh 13 May 2001 16 May 2002 8 Lee Kyu taek 16 May 2002 29 June 2003 9 Hong Sa duk 29 June 2003 18 May 2004 10 Kim Duk ryong 18 May 2004 4 March 2005 11 Kang Jae sup 4 March 2005 11 January 2006 12 Lee Jae oh 11 January 2006 12 July 2006 13 Kim Hyun goh 12 July 2006 26 August 2007 14 Ahn Sang soo 26 August 2007 17 May 2008 15 Hong Jun pyo 17 May 2008 20 May 2009 Ahn Sang soo 20 May 2009 3 May 2010 16 Kim Moo sung 3 May 2010 5 May 2011 17 Hwang Woo yea 5 May 2011 8 May 2012 18 Lee Hahn koo 8 May 2012 14 May 2013 19 Choi Kyoung hwan 15 May 2013 7 May 2014 20 Lee Wan koo 7 May 2014 25 January 2015 21 Yoo Seong min 1 February 2015 8 July 2015 22 Won Yoo chul 14 July 2015 3 May 2016 23 Chung Jin suk 3 May 2016 12 December 2016 24 Chung Woo taik 16 December 2016 11 December 2017 25 Kim Sung tae 11 December 2017 11 December 2018 26 Na Kyung won 11 December 2018 9 December 2019 27 Shim Jae chul 9 December 2019 17 February 2020

Election Candidate Votes % Result 1997 Lee Hoi chang 9,935,718 38.75 2002 11,443,297 46.59 2007 Lee Myung bak 11,492,389 48.67 2012 Park Geun hye 15,773,128 51.56 2017 Hong Jun pyo 7,841,017 24.04

Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats Position Status Votes % Seats +/ Votes % Seats +/ No. +/– 2000 Lee Hoi chang 7,365,359 38.96 new new new 1st 2004 Park Geun hye 8,083,609 37.9 12 7,613,660 35.77 12 2nd 2008 Kang Jae seop 7,478,776 43.45 31 6,421,727 37.48 1 32 1st 2012 Park Geun hye 9,324,911 43.28 4 9,130,651 42.8 3 1 1st 2016 Kim Moo sung 9,200,690 38.33 22 7,960,272 33.5 8 30 2nd