Democratic Labour Party (South Korea):
The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) is a Left-wing nationalist, socialist political party in South Korea, established in January 2000. It was founded in the effort to create a political wing for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, considered more Left and independent of the two union federations in South Korea. Party president is Chun Young-se.
The party gained 10 seats in the National Assembly for the first time in the 2004 parliamentary election.
Before and during the 2007 presidential election, conflicts arose between two main factions within the party.
After the 2007 presidential election, some members quit the party and opened New Progressive Party. Despite that split, DLP gained 5 seats in the National Assembly in the 2008 election, whereas NPP gained none.
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