Renewal of Korea Party
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| Leader | Moon Kook-hyun |
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| Founded | October 14, 2007 |
| Headquarters | 28-130 Yeongdeungpo-2 dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu Seoul, South Korea |
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| Ideology | Liberalism, Humanism, Centreism |
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| Website ckp.kr |
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The Renewal of Korea Party[1] (Hangul: 창조한국당, Hanja: 創造韓國黨, Abbreviation: RKP or ROKP) is a political party of South Korea. It was formed out of the Uri Party and its resulting civil splinter groups, with their leader Moon Kook-hyun, a well-known former business leader who recently started his political career. Their 2007 presidential bid was unsuccessful, however, they gained 3 seats at the 2008 general election on April 9, 2008, including the election of Moon Kook-hyun at Eunpyeong-eul, Seoul district.
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[edit] Party Platform
- Creating a new Social Solidarity
- Establishing a Knowledge and Creativity-based Economy
- Minimizing military tension of Korean Peninsula
- Providing 'Productive Welfare'
- Building a sustainable Social development
- Funding a Substantial Public and Lifelong Education
- Respecting Minority Rights
- Taking responsibility of the Diversity of Cultural References
- Bringing an Economic Cooperation of the Northeast Asia
[edit] Notable Members
- Moon Kook-hyun, Leader and Official Presidential candidate of the party
- Lee Yong-kyeong, former CEO of KT
- Lee Jeong-ja, Chairperson of Green-consumer Network (Civil organization)
- Jeong Bum-gu, former South Korean MP
- Kim Yeong-chun MP, Member for Gwangjin-gab, Seoul
[edit] 2007 Election
They held their nominating convention for 2007 presidential election on November 4, 2007. During that event, its leader Moon Kook-hyun was elected with 8,884(94.9%) of the mobile phone vote.[2] As one of the pro-governmental liberal candidates, he and his party suffered the pressure of political simplification from several civil organizational leaders for the entire campaigning period. However, although negotiating with the UNDP politicians a lot, he eventually decided to target voters disappointed with both major parties (the UNDP and GNP) and their candidates(Chung Dong-young and Lee Myung-bak). They hoped to reach somewhat over 10% support, but gained a final result of 1.38 million voters(5.82%) which put them in 4th place. However, they earned more votes than the 10-year-old KDLP's result(3.00%), and gained strong supports (Its average was roughly 8%) from metropolitan city areas, such as Seoul and its suburbs, Incheon, Daejeon, Chuncheon, Jeju[3], therefore it may be judged a new possible threat of major parties at the 2008 parliamentary election.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Cash-for-Candidacy Corners Opposition Leaders
- ^ Moon Kook-hyun elected as the presidential candidate of the CKP(Korean), Kukinews, Retrieved on November 4, 2007
- ^ >%20개표진행상황&TITLEB=개표진행상황&TITIMG=tgm02&RULE=T4 Info-system of the 2007 presidential election(Korean), the NEC, Retrieved on December 20, 2007
- ^ Moon Kook-hyun 'will run again at the 2008 parliamentary election'(Korean), The Hankyoreh, Retrieved on December 20, 2007
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