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The Party for Democracy and Peace (Korean: 민주평화당; Hanja: 民主平和黨; RR: Minjupyeonghwadang, sometimes translated as the Democratic Peace Party) was a liberal[1] political party in South Korea. The name "Democratic Peace Party" is known to have been named by Lee Sang-don (이상돈), a conservative liberal in South Korea.[4]
Plans for the new party came about following a decision by People Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo and Bareun Party leader Yoo Seong-min to merge their respective parties in January 2018 that would go onto form the Bareunmirae Party.[16] The initial announcement was called "hasty" for being presented before votes were cast among each respective parties' members.[16] This plan for merging the centrist People Party with the centre-right Bareun Party faced opposition within the People Party, especially with lawmakers from North and South Jeolla which noted to be liberal-leaning provinces.[16]
On 28 January, sixteen lawmakers from the People Party, including former floor leader and party leader Park Jie-won as well as Chung Dong-young announced their plans to form what is now the Party for Democracy and Peace.[15]
On 12 August 2019, two-thirds of the members of Parliament for the Party for Democracy and Peace stated that they will be leaving the Party and starting new. "The Party for Democracy and Peace was launched to solidify the identity of the democracy group that succeeded the spirit of the Gwangju Uprising, and to restore the pride of the peace group to develop the Sunshine Policy. But for the past year and a half we have failed to meet the public's expectations and desire," said party Floor Leader You Sung-yop during a press conference at the National Assembly.[18]
In social policy, the party tends to be more conservative than Democratic Party. The party opposes same-sex marriages and abortion. Especially on the abortion issue, the party is more conservative than the Liberty Korea Party.[13][14][12] Because of this socialiy conservative tendency, some media have classified Party for Democracy and Peace as conservative parties along with the Bareunmirae Party and Liberty Korea Party.[5]
^"조성은, ISIS 수준 테러리스트이자 구태정치 괴물". United Press International (in Korean). 24 September 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021. ... 당시 정가에선 중도우파인 민주평화당 출신 조 씨와 중도좌파 성향의 정의당 출신 김 전 사무총장이 투톱으로 나선 것에 주목했다. ... [... At that time, the political community noted that Cho, a former member of the center-right Democratic Peace Party, and former Secretary-General Kim, a former member of the center-left Justice Party, were two-top. ...]
