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0. Introduction
With 2022 beginning, South Korea’s left remains extremely divided and politically fragmented. In terms of institutional politics, the only left-wing party in parliament is Shim Sang-jung’s Justice Party (JP), nominally the third party in parliament with just 6 seats out of 295. (...)
On January 5th, a South Korean district court decided to detain Lee Jin-young, coordinator of Labor Books, a book-sharing web site, in violation of the notoriously draconian National Security Law. This abrupt decision is extremely shocking, considering historic candlelight protests against the (...)
On February 12, North Korea conducted a third nuclear test. Later that day, North Korean state media confirmed that the test had been carried out successfully.
Repeated nuclear tests by North Korea now prove that the U.S. and South Korea-led response to North Korea’s nuclear ambitions has (...)
On December 19, the ruling conservative New Frontier Party (NFP) candidate Park Geun-hye was elected as South Korea’s next president. Park received 51.6% of the popular vote beating opposition Democratic Unity Party (DUP) candidate Moon Jae-in by over 3% points and becoming the first (...)
On the night of December 19, the whole nation was waiting for the final result of the presidential election; at midnight Park Geun-hye was declared winner, with 15.75 million votes or 51.5%. Her opponent from the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), Moon Jae-in, won 14.67 million (...)
In South Korea, the National Security Law - enacted in 1948 to fight all the ones who express support or collaborate with organization ennemy of the State, let’s say all “communists” supporters, and frequently used during dictatorship - remains a strong tool in the hands of governments. Park (...)
PSSP’s Position on the UN’s 2nd Resolution and the Coalition Forces’ Attack on Libya 25 March 2011 - The Western power must cease their attack on Libya immediately! Libya’s liberation must be achieved by the Libyan people! On 17 March 2011, the UN Security Council quickly adopted (...)
Self-presentation of the People’s Solidarity for Social Progress (PSSP) posted on its website on July 1st, 201.: - PSSP was founded in 1998 in the wake of the introduction of the IMF structural readjustment program in South Korea. It is our mission to cultivate a new social movement fighting (...)
Dear Comrades,
On behalf of The New Anti Capitalist Party (NPA) from France, I would like to express our solidarity with the comrades of the Democratic Labor Party who have attended the 10th congress of the party. We wish in particular to salute the efforts that you have made to build a strong (...)
The founding congress of the French New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA: Nouveau Parti Anti-Capitalist) was held February 6-8, 2009. . Several South Korean organisations were represented and/or have sent messages. We are publishing below a short presentation of the Korean delegations as well as the (...)
Self-presentation of Chamsaesang taken from its website on July 16, 2008. A new Korean People’s Media, “Chamsaesang” (which means “true world”), took off on 1st May 2005, as an alternative media for the Korean left movement.
Neoliberal attack of capital is sweeping across the entire world. The (...)
Less than 60 days are left until voters go to the polls to elect their local politicians on May 31st. In an election that will decide 3867 seats at the governor/mayor(16), city council(733), district mayor(230), and district council(2888) levels, the DLP has been engaged in preparations since (...)
The second round of the elections for the President of the DLP were held from the 6th to the 10th of February, 2006.
The second round of votes was due to the result of the first round of votes, in which none of the 3 candidates received the required 50% of the valid votes.
In the second round (...)
A English language self-presentation of the Democratic labor Party (DLP), from Korea, taken from its website.
Korea, a Brief Introduction:
South Korea, divided from the North since 1948, has a population of about 48 million (North Korea has 25 million). It is a presidential system, where the (...)
I extend greetings of solidarity from the Democratic Labor Party in Korea,
I would like to start off by thanking the organizing committee for giving me the opportunity to speak among the panelists here. From what I have seen it has been organized superbly, and I commend the organizers for (...)
November 9, 2003, downtown Seoul. In the square in front of city hall, 100,000 workers join the KCTU-led national workers rally. Since the great struggles of 1987 this has been a traditional workers’ event, together with May Day. The rally commemorates the late Jeon Tae-il, who, on November 13, (...)
AGAINST THE BACKGROUND of a rising militant working-class movement, revolutionary socialists in South Korea are undergoing a process of regroupment. An important force in this development are comrades of the Power of the Working Class (PWC) organization, formed in August of last year.
At a (...)
The January Marxism 2000 conference in Sydney hosted the first overseas delegation of South Korea’s newly formed Nodongja-euy Him, the Power of the Working Class (PWC). The delegation’s presence was the first contact between South Korea’s new Marxist movement and other Marxists from the (...)
Violence has taken centre stage in South Korean student politics, after two suspected police informers were beaten to death by militants of the radical student union Hanchongnyon. Terry Lawless reports from Seoul.
A five day battle between riot police and student supporters of the National (...)
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