Democratic Independent Party
Democratic Independent Party was a centrist political party in both North and South Korea. The party was established on 19 October 1947. Its initiators were An Jae-hong,, Hong Myong-hui, Kim Ho, Pak Yong-hee, Yi Kuk-no and Kim Won-yong. Hong became chairman of the party.
The DIP opposed Syngman Rhee's single-candidate government and supported Kim Ku and Kim Kyu-sik's North-South negotiation position, but after the 1948 North-South Joint Conference, it split into pro-North and 'Yang Kim' factions, and after several mass defections from the party, it transformed into a minor pro-North party. It participated in elections in North Korea from 1948 until at least 1962.
Electoral history
Supreme People's Assembly elections
Works cited
Category:Centrist parties in Asia
Category:Political parties established in 1947
Category:Political parties in North Korea
Category:Progressive parties in South Korea
Category:Social democratic parties in Korea