Political Parties in South Korea - Current Parties

Current Parties

As of November 2012, there are four political parties present in the 19th National Assembly:

Party National Assembly Leader Comments
Saenuri Party (NFP)
새누리당 / 새누리黨
Saenuri-dang		 153 Hwang Woo-yea Conservative; formerly called the Grand National Party.
Democratic United Party (DUP)
민주통합당 / 民主統合黨
Minju Tonghap-dang		 128 Lee Hae-chan Liberal; merged from the Democratic Party and the minor Citizens Unity Party.
Progressive Justice Party (PJP)
진보정의당 / 進步正義黨
Jinbo Jeongeui-dang		 7 Roh Hoe-chan, Jo Jun-ho Progressive;
Unified Progressive Party (UPP)
통합진보당 / 統合進步黨
Tonghap Jinbo-dang		 6 Kang Byeong-gi Progressive; merged from the Democratic Labor Party, People's Participation Party,
and a faction of the New Progressive Party.

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