Korea Independence Party
한국독립당
韓國獨立黨
FounderJo So-ang
Founded1928, in Shanghai, Republic of China
Dissolved1970
HeadquartersShanghai, Republic of China (1928-1945)
Seoul, South Korea (from 1945)
Armed wingKorean Independence Army
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
Korea Independence Party
Hangul
한국독립당
Hanja
韓國獨立黨
Revised RomanizationHanguk Dongnipdang
McCune–ReischauerHan'guk Tongniptang
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The Korea Independence Party (KIP; Korean: 한국독립당) was a political party in South Korea.

History

The party was established in Shanghai by Kim Koo in 1928, uniting a faction of conservative members of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea headed by Kim.[5] When Kim was able to return to Korea in 1945, the KIP began operating in the country. Kim was initially supportive of Syngman Rhee, but a dispute over holding separate elections in South Korea (Kim was opposed, Rhee was for) led to a split and the party did not participate in the 1948 parliamentary elections in South Korea. However, Kim was a candidate in the indirect presidential elections in July 1948, losing heavily to Rhee.

When Kim was assassinated in 1949, the party went into a sharp decline. It participated in the 1950 parliamentary elections, but received only 0.3% of the vote, failing to win a seat. It received the same vote share in the 1960 elections, again failing to win a seat. It nominated Chŏn Chin-han as its candidate for the May 1967 presidential elections; he finished fifth in a field of six candidates with 2.1% of the vote. Despite increasing its vote share to 2.2% in the June 1967 parliamentary elections, the party remained seatless.

Election results

President

Election Candidate Votes  % Result
1948 Kim Gu 13 6.67 Not elected
1967 Chŏn Chin-han 232,179 2.10 Not elected

Vice President

Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes  % Votes  %
1948 Kim Gu 65 32.99 62 31.63 Not elected

Legislature

House of Representatives

Election Leader Votes  % Seats Position Status
Constituency Party list Total +/–
1950 17,745 0.25
0 / 210
 new 10th Extra-parliamentary
1960 26,649 0.29
0 / 233
 Steady 5th Extra-parliamentary
1963 128,162 1.38
0 / 131
0 / 44
0 / 175
 Steady 12th Extra-parliamentary
1967 240,936 2.22
0 / 131
0 / 44
0 / 175
 Steady 6th Extra-parliamentary

House of Councillors

Election Leader Votes  % Seats Position Status
1960
0 / 58
 Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. 1 2 3 "한국독립당(韓國獨立黨)". 한국민족문화대백과사전 (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture) (in Korean). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ↑ 정영훈, ed. (1999). 홍익 인간 이념 연구. 한국 정신 문화 연구원. p. 137.
  3. ↑ 이이화, ed. (1994). 한국사 의 주체적 인물들. 여강 출판사. p. 392.
  4. ↑ 이재영, ed. (2016). 신일철, 그의 철학과 삶. 고려대학교 출판문화원. p. 422. ISBN 9788971050033. 1929년 조소앙에 의해 기초된 한국 독립당의 강령에 있는 "균점", "평등"의 3균주의적 표현에서 사회민주주의의 경향을 엿볼 수 있다.
  5. ↑ Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p671
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