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Korean Social Democratic Party
The Korean Social Democratic Party (KSDP; Korean: 조선사회민주당) is a political party in North Korea that is allied with the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
It was formed on 3 November 1945 as the Korean Democratic Party by a mixed group of entrepreneurs, merchants, handicraftsmen, petite bourgeoisie, peasants, and Christians led by Cho Man-sik. The party's founders were motivated by anti-imperialist and anti-feudal aspirations, and aimed to eliminate the legacy of Japanese rule and build a new democratic society. Cho was arrested by Soviet authorities in 1946, followed by a purge of his supporters from the party. Subsequently, the party came under greater influence of the WPK. Since then, it has acted as a satellite party of the WPK. In 1980, it was renamed to the Korean Social Democratic Party.
The party was established in Pyongyang by Cho Man-sik on 3 November 1945 as the Korean Democratic Party (조선민주당). It quickly gained support from Christian businessmen and intellectuals, as well as well-off workers, and had around half a million members after only a few weeks, while reports by the Soviet Union said that the party had 141 thousand members by May 1946. Cho was forced to appoint Choe Yong-gon, a secret communist sympathizer, as his deputy in the party, while the communists increasingly targeted the party for infiltration.
Cho opposed the results of the Moscow Conference in December 1945, in which the foreign ministers of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States agreed to establish a joint trusteeship over the formerly Japanese-occupied Korea, which triggered widespread opposition and protests. The KDP Central Committee's Plenum on 2 January 1946 formally voted against the trusteeship plan, and on 5 January, Cho resigned from his position as chairman of the Provisional People's Committee for the Five Provinces, leading many KDP members to follow his example.
Shortly after his resignation, he was arrested by Soviet authorities. Cho's arrest led to many of the party's leaders moving to Seoul in South Korea, where they set up a new headquarters; the party nominated five candidates for the May 1948 Constitutional Assembly elections in South Korea, winning one seat, taken by Yi Yun-yong. In North Korea, the party held its first Congress on 24 February 1946, when Choe Yong-gon was formally elected as leader of the party while Cho Man-sik was declared as "a traitor to the nation and a hireling of American and Japanese imperialism". A purge of Cho's alleged or real sympathizers in the party took place afterwards.
The KDP subsequently joined the newly-established North Korean Fatherland United Democratic Front on 22 July, effectively becoming subordinate to the newly-emerging Communist Party of Korea (which later became the Workers' Party of Korea). The KDP held its Second Congress on 13–15 April 1947, where it continued to attack Cho, praised the "liberating mission of the heroic Soviet Army" and adopted a structure closely resembling that of the Workers' Party of North Korea.
Despite increasingly coming under the control of the communists, the KDP initially still continued to attract members, with a Soviet document mentioning the party reaching 291,459 members by December 1946, while a resolution of the Second Congress from May 1947 stating that it had 273,665 members. The party was used by the WPK leadership to keep track on and diffuse anti-communists in North Korea.
KDP candidates were given 35 seats in the August 1948 elections, the newly-elected Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) later proclaimed the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in September 1948. The party further declined during the Korean War, when many of its members sided with the government of South Korea and left the North when South Korean and United Nations forces retreated in 1950–1951. By the end of the war, its membership dropped to below 10,000. In February 1956, Choe Yong-gon was appointed as a vice chairman of the WPK, leaving Hong Ki-hwang, deputy chairman of the KDP since late 1945, to replace him as chairman of the KDP.
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Korean Social Democratic Party
The Korean Social Democratic Party (KSDP; Korean: 조선사회민주당) is a political party in North Korea that is allied with the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
It was formed on 3 November 1945 as the Korean Democratic Party by a mixed group of entrepreneurs, merchants, handicraftsmen, petite bourgeoisie, peasants, and Christians led by Cho Man-sik. The party's founders were motivated by anti-imperialist and anti-feudal aspirations, and aimed to eliminate the legacy of Japanese rule and build a new democratic society. Cho was arrested by Soviet authorities in 1946, followed by a purge of his supporters from the party. Subsequently, the party came under greater influence of the WPK. Since then, it has acted as a satellite party of the WPK. In 1980, it was renamed to the Korean Social Democratic Party.
The party was established in Pyongyang by Cho Man-sik on 3 November 1945 as the Korean Democratic Party (조선민주당). It quickly gained support from Christian businessmen and intellectuals, as well as well-off workers, and had around half a million members after only a few weeks, while reports by the Soviet Union said that the party had 141 thousand members by May 1946. Cho was forced to appoint Choe Yong-gon, a secret communist sympathizer, as his deputy in the party, while the communists increasingly targeted the party for infiltration.
Cho opposed the results of the Moscow Conference in December 1945, in which the foreign ministers of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States agreed to establish a joint trusteeship over the formerly Japanese-occupied Korea, which triggered widespread opposition and protests. The KDP Central Committee's Plenum on 2 January 1946 formally voted against the trusteeship plan, and on 5 January, Cho resigned from his position as chairman of the Provisional People's Committee for the Five Provinces, leading many KDP members to follow his example.
Shortly after his resignation, he was arrested by Soviet authorities. Cho's arrest led to many of the party's leaders moving to Seoul in South Korea, where they set up a new headquarters; the party nominated five candidates for the May 1948 Constitutional Assembly elections in South Korea, winning one seat, taken by Yi Yun-yong. In North Korea, the party held its first Congress on 24 February 1946, when Choe Yong-gon was formally elected as leader of the party while Cho Man-sik was declared as "a traitor to the nation and a hireling of American and Japanese imperialism". A purge of Cho's alleged or real sympathizers in the party took place afterwards.
The KDP subsequently joined the newly-established North Korean Fatherland United Democratic Front on 22 July, effectively becoming subordinate to the newly-emerging Communist Party of Korea (which later became the Workers' Party of Korea). The KDP held its Second Congress on 13–15 April 1947, where it continued to attack Cho, praised the "liberating mission of the heroic Soviet Army" and adopted a structure closely resembling that of the Workers' Party of North Korea.
Despite increasingly coming under the control of the communists, the KDP initially still continued to attract members, with a Soviet document mentioning the party reaching 291,459 members by December 1946, while a resolution of the Second Congress from May 1947 stating that it had 273,665 members. The party was used by the WPK leadership to keep track on and diffuse anti-communists in North Korea.
KDP candidates were given 35 seats in the August 1948 elections, the newly-elected Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) later proclaimed the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in September 1948. The party further declined during the Korean War, when many of its members sided with the government of South Korea and left the North when South Korean and United Nations forces retreated in 1950–1951. By the end of the war, its membership dropped to below 10,000. In February 1956, Choe Yong-gon was appointed as a vice chairman of the WPK, leaving Hong Ki-hwang, deputy chairman of the KDP since late 1945, to replace him as chairman of the KDP.
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