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Traditional South korea conservatism is a political and social philosophy characterized by Korean culture traditions originating from Confucianism in korea, pro-business, opposition to trade unions, strong national defense, free trade, anti-communism, pro-communitarianism, pro-economic interventionism but anti-welfare state. Until May 10, 2017, the conservative Park Geun-hye government was the last conservative government of the Sixth Republic of South Korea. Starting from the dictatorship of Syngman Rhee, South Korean conservatism has been influenced from the military dictatorships of Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan. In domestic policy, South Korean conservatism has a strong elitist streak and promotes rapid modernization and social stability.[1] Contents 1 Values 2 Media 3 Conservative parties 3.1 Mainstream parties 3.2 Minor parties 4 Conservative presidents 5 Major conservative parties election results of South Korea 5.1 General elections 5.2 Local elections 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Values[edit] Conservatism in South Korea is fervently anti-communist. South Korean conservatives oppose relations with North Korea and support upholding the National Security Act. Because of this, conservatives oppose ethnic nationalism. South korean conservative’s nationalism is mixed ethnic nationalism with civic nationalism. South korea’s conservative philosophy is derived in part from the Neoconservatism and Neoliberalism. So conservatives believe economic liberalism and oppose welfare states. But due to the influence of the Park Chung-hee, conservatives advocate economic interventionism Conservatives also advocate communitarianism. Because conservatives are influenced by korean culture traditions originating from Confucianism in Korea. Conservatives strongly oppose LGBT rights, with former Liberty Korea Party candidate Hong Jun-pyo blaming homosexuals for weakening the South Korean military and spreading AIDs during the 2017 Presidential Debates.[2] In 2020, People Power Party (South Korea)’s leader Kim Chong-in apologized for Gwangju Democratization Movement. [3] But some conservative citizen groups such as the Korean Council for Restoration National Identity and American and Korean Friendship National Council protested at UNESCO headquarters in Paris in May 2011 to prevent inscribing the records of the Gwangju Democratization Movement in the Memory of the World Register, and to petition for" reconsidering identifying North Korean Special Forces as the perpetrators of the GDM.[4] Jeong Tae-heon, a professor of Korean history at Korea University has expressed concerns that disputes over the term "liberal democracy" reflect a strong conservative bias reacting against North Korea's political ideologies, similar to political views seen in 1950.[5] It has been alleged that the South Korean right has promoted McCarthyism-like red scares among the South Korean public.[6][clarification needed] This includes an incident before the 1996 Legislative Elections, where conservative lawmakers were arrested for secretly meeting with North Korean agents in Beijing to seek North's help in manipulating the outcome of the election in exchange for payoffs.[7] The North fired artillery into the Join Security Zone on the DMZ, which caused panic among South Korean electorates, benefiting the conservative party.[8] Media[edit] The Chojoongdong media cartel wields the largest political influence in the South Korean political scene through newspaper and other print publications. The three media cartels have been criticized for fabricating stories against North Korea to support conservative rhetoric. Conservative parties[edit] The political party that once were ruling party are in bold. KIP is the exception for being a ruling party during Provisional Governmental era. Mainstream parties[edit] Korea Independence Party (1928–1970) National Alliance for the Rapid Realization of Korean Independence (1946–1958; Governing period: 1948–1950) Korea Nationalist Party (1948–1958; Governing years: 1950–1954) Liberal Party (1951–1970; Governing period: 1954–1960) Democratic Republican Party (1963–1980) Korean National Party → New Democratic Republican Party (1980–1990) Democratic Justice Party (1980–1990 also as governing period) Democratic Liberal Party → New Korea Party (1990–1997) United Liberal Democrats (1992–2006) Grand National Party → Saenuri Party → Liberty Korea Party (1997–2020; Governing period: 2007–2017) Liberty Forward Party → Advancement Unification Party (2006–2012) Pro-Park Coalition → Future Hope Alliance (2007–2012) Bareun Party (2016–2018) Bareunmirae Party (2018–2020) New Conservative Party (2020) United Future Party → People Power Party (since 2020) Future Korea Party (satellite party for the 2020 election) Minor parties[edit] Korean Resistance Party (1945–1950) Federation Korean National Independence (1947–1951) Korea National Party (1947–1958) Democratic Unification Party (1973–1980) United People's Party → Democratic Party (1992–1995) People First Party (2005–2008) Korea Economic Party (2016- ) Conservative presidents[edit] Rhee Syng-man (Liberal Party, 1948–1960) Park Chung-hee (Military junta/Democratic Republican Party, 1962–1979) Chun Doo-hwan (Military junta/Democratic Justice Party, 1980–1988) Roh Tae-woo (Democratic Justice Party→Democratic Liberal Party, 1988–1993) Kim Young-sam (Democratic Liberal Party→New Korea Party→Grand National Party, 1993–1998) Lee Myung-bak (Grand National Party→Saenuri Party, 2008–2013) Park Geun-hye (Saenuri Party→Liberty Korea Party, 2013–2017) Major conservative parties election results of South Korea[edit] Election Candidate Total votes Share of votes Outcome Party Name 1948 Rhee Syng-man 180 (electoral vote) 91.8% Elected Y NARKKI Kim Gu 13 (electoral vote) 6.7% Defeated N Korean Independence Party 1952 Rhee Syng-man 5,238,769 74.6% Elected Y Liberal Party 1956 Rhee Syng-man 5,046,437 70.0% Elected Y Liberal Party March 1960 Rhee Syng-man 9,633,376 100.0% Elected Y Liberal Party August 1960 no candidate N/A 1963 Park Chung-hee 4,702,640 46.6% Elected Y Democratic Republican Party 1967 Park Chung-hee 5,688,666 51.4% Elected Y Democratic Republican Party 1971 Park Chung-hee 6,342,828 53.2% Elected Y Democratic Republican Party 1972 Park Chung-hee 2,357 (electoral vote) 99.91 Elected Y Democratic Republican Party 1978 Park Chung-hee 2,578 (electoral vote) 99.96% Elected Y Democratic Republican Party 1981 Chun Doo-hwan 4,755 (electoral vote) 90.2% Elected Y Democratic Justice Party 1987 Roh Tae-woo 8,282,738 36.6% Elected Y Democratic Justice Party Kim Young-sam 6,337,581 28.0% Defeated N Reunification Democratic Party Kim Jong-pil 1,823,067 8.1% Defeated N New Democratic Republican Party 1992 Kim Young-sam 9,977,332 42.0% Elected Y Democratic Liberal Party Chung Ju-yung 3,880,067 16.3% Defeated N United People's Party 1997 Lee Hoi-chang 9,935,718 38.7% Defeated N Grand National Party 2002 Lee Hoi-chang 11,443,297 46.5% Defeated N Grand National Party 2007 Lee Myung-bak 11,492,389 48.7% Elected Y Grand National Party 2012 Park Geun-hye 15,773,128 51.6% Elected Y Saenuri Party 2017 Hong Jun-pyo 7,852,849 24.03% Defeated N Liberty Korea Party Yoo Seung-min 2,208,771 6.76% Defeated N Bareun Party General elections[edit] Election Total seats won Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Status Election leader Party Name 1948 55 / 200 1,755,543 26.1 new 55 seats; Minority in government Rhee Syng-man NARRKI 1950 24 / 210 677,173 9.7 new 24 seats; Minority in government Yun Chi-young Korea Nationalist Party 14 / 210 473,153 6.8 41 seats; Minority in government Rhee Syng-man National Association 1954 114 / 203 2,756,061 36.8 new 114 seats; Majority in government Rhee Syng-man Liberal Party 3 / 210 192,109 2.6 11 seats; Minority in government National Association 3 / 203 72,923 1.0 21 seats; Minority in government Yun Chi-young Korea Nationalist Party 1958 126 / 233 3,607,092 42.1 12 seats; Majority in government Rhee Syng-man Liberal Party 1960 2 / 233 249,960 2.8 124 seats; Majority in opposition Rhee Syng-man Liberal Party 1963 110 / 175 3,112,985 33.5% new 110 seats; Majority in government Park Chung-hee Democratic Republican Party 1967 129 / 175 5,494,922 50.6% 19 seats; Majority in government Park Chung-hee Democratic Republican Party 1971 113 / 204 5,460,581 48.8% 16 seats; Majority in government Park Chung-hee Democratic Republican Party 1973 146 / 219 4,251,754 38.7% 40 seats; Majority in government Park Chung-hee Democratic Republican Party 1978 145 / 231 4,695,995 31.7% 2 seats; Majority in government Park Chung-hee Democratic Republican Party 1981 151 / 276 5,776,624 35.6% new 151 seats; Majority in government Chun Doo-hwan Democratic Justice Party 1985 148 / 276 7,040,811 34.0% 3 seats; Majority in government Chun Doo-hwan Democratic Justice Party 1988 125 / 299 6,675,494 34.0% 23 seats; Minority in government Roh Tae-woo Democratic Justice Party 59 / 299 4,680,175 23.8% new 59 seats; Minority in opposition (1988-1990) Kim Young-sam Reunification Democratic Party in government (1990-1993) 35 / 299 3,062,506 15.6% new 35 seats; Minority in opposition (1988-1990) Kim Jong-pil New Democratic Republican Party in government (1990-1993) 1992 149 / 299 7,923,719 38.5% new 149 seats; Minority in government Roh Tae-woo Democratic Liberal Party 31 / 299 3,574,419 17.4% new 31 seats; Minority in opposition Chung Ju-yung United People's Party 1996 139 / 299 6,783,730 34.5% new 139 seats; Minority in government (1996-1998) Kim Young-sam New Korea Party in opposition (1998-2000) 50 / 299 3,178,474 16.2% new 50 seats; Minority in opposition (1996-1998) Kim Jong-pil United Liberal Democrats in government (1998-2000) 2000 133 / 273 7,365,359 39.0% new 133 seats; Minority in opposition Lee Hoi-chang Grand National Party 17 / 273 1,859,331 9.8% 35 seats; Minority in government (2000-2001) Kim Jong-pil United Liberal Democrats in opposition (2001-2004) 2004 121 / 299 7,613,660 35.8% 24 seats; Minority in opposition Park Geun-hye Grand National Party 4 / 299 600,462 2.8% 6 seats; Minority in opposition Kim Jong-pil United Liberal Democrats 2008 153 / 299 6,421,654 37.5% 32 seats; Majority in government Kang Jae-seop Grand National Party 18 / 299 1,173,463 6.8% new 18 seats; Minority in government Lee Hoi-chang Liberty Forward Party 14 / 299 2,258,750 13.2% new 14 seats; Minority in government Suh Chung-won Pro-Park Coalition 2012 152 / 300 9,130,651 42.8% new 152 seats; Majority in government Park Geun-hye Saenuri Party 5 / 300 690,754 3.2% 13 seats; Minority in government Sim Dae-pyung Liberty Forward Party 2016 122 / 300 7,960,272 42.8% 30 seats; Minority in government (2016-2017) Kim Moo-sung Saenuri Party in opposition (2017-2020) 2020 103 / 300 11,915,277 (Constituency) 9,441,520 (Party-list PR) 41.45% (Constituency) 33.84% (Party-list PR) 8 seats; Minority in opposition Hwang Kyo-ahn United Future Party (Constituency) Future Korea Party (Party-list PR) Local elections[edit] Election Metropolitan mayor/Governor Provincial legislature Municipal mayor Municipal legislature Party Name 1995 5 / 15 284 / 875 70 / 230 Democratic Liberal Party 4 / 15 82 / 875 23 / 230 United Liberal Democrats 1998 6 / 16 224 / 616 74 / 232 Grand National Party 4 / 16 82 / 616 29 / 232 United Liberal Democrats 2002 11 / 16 467 / 682 136 / 227 Grand National Party 1 / 16 33 / 682 16 / 227 United Liberal Democrats 2006 12 / 16 557 / 733 155 / 230 1,621 / 2,888 Grand National Party 2010 6 / 16 288 / 761 82 / 228 1,247 / 2,888 Grand National Party 1 / 16 41 / 761 13 / 228 117 / 2,888 Liberty Forward Party 0 / 16 3 / 761 0 / 228 19 / 2,888 Pro-Park Coalition 2014 8 / 17 416 / 789 117 / 226 1,413 / 2,898 Saenuri Party 2018 2 / 17 137 / 824 53 / 226 1,009 / 2,927 Liberty Korea Party See also[edit] Conservative political parties in South Korea (in Korean) Christian Liberal Party Progressivism in South Korea Liberalism in South Korea References[edit] ^ 한국 보수주의를 묻는다. Historical Criticism (in Korean) (95). Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011. ^ https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=015&aid=0003761058 ^ 김종인 “호남 홀대해 전국민에 실망”…주호영 “호남에 죄송합니다”. The Donga Ilbo (in Korean). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020. ^ Bae, Myeong-jae (11 May 2011). 보수단체 "광주학살은 北 특수부대 소행". The Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 19 November 2011. ^ Park, Jang-jun (13 November 2011). 한국의 보수는 1950년에 머물러 있다. Media Today (in Korean). Retrieved 19 November 2011. ^ Kang, Hyun-kyung (2 April 2012). "Is red scare right-wing conspiracy?". The Korea Times. Retrieved 6 May 2012. ^ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-03-29/news/9803290316_1_korean-north-korea-kwon-young-hae ^ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-03-29/news/9803290316_1_korean-north-korea-kwon-young-hae External links[edit] Review of the 60 years of Korean Conservatism ― Tasks in Leading National Advancement, by Park Hyo-chong 보수세력이 친일파 되살리는 까닭은? (Why does the Korean Conservative political camp want to bring back the Chinilpa scene?) - relating to the Korean Broadcasting System's controversial documentaries (in Korean) v t e Grand National Party (1997–2012) / Saenuri Party (2012–2017) / Liberty Korea Party (2017–2020) Leaders (acting) Cho Soon Lee Han-dong Lee Hoi-chang Park Kwan-yong Seo Cheong-won Choi Byeong-yul Park Geun-hye Kang Jae-sup Park Hee-tae Chung Mong-joon Ahn Sang-soo Jeong Ui-hwa Hong Joon-pyo Park Geun-hye Hwang Woo-yea Lee Wan-gu Kim Moo-sung Won Yoo-chul Lee Jung-hyun Presidential candidates Presidents Lee Hoi-chang (1997) Lee Hoi-chang (2002) Lee Myung-bak (2007) Park Geun-hye (2012) Hong Joon-pyo (2017) Floor leaders 15th (1996): Mok Yo-sang Lee Sang-deuk Ha Soon-bong Park Hee-tae Lee Boo-young 16th (2000): Jung Chang-hwa Lee Jae-oh Lee Kyu-taek Hong Sa-duk 17th (2004): Kim Duk-ryong Kang Jae-sup Lee Jae-oh Kim Hyung-oh Ahn Sang-soo 18th (2008): Hong Joon-pyo Ahn Sang-soo Kim Moo-sung Hwang Woo-yea 19th 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