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Bareun Party 바른정당
Leader	Yoo Seong-min
Floor leader	Oh Sin-hwan
Secretary General	Kim Sung-dong
Chairman of the Policy Planning Committee	Ji Sang-wook
Founded	27 December 2016 (2016-12-27) (as a parliamentary group) 25 January 2017 (2017-01-25) (as a political party)
Dissolved	13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)
Split from	Saenuri Party
Merged into	Bareunmirae Party
Ideology	Conservatism (South Korean) Moderate conservatism
Political position	Centre-right Faction: Right-wing
Colors	Sky Blue
Party flag
Website
bareun.party
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The Bareun Party (Korean: 바른정당; Hanja: 바른政黨, lit. 'Righteous Political Party') was a conservative political party in South Korea, announced on 27 December 2016 with the defection of 29 anti-Park Saenuri Party lawmakers. It was known as the Conservative New Party for Reform until 8 January 2017.

History

The party was formed amidst a faction feud in the Liberty Korea Party (then Saenuri Party) involving pro and anti-Park Geun-hye forces. The party began as a parliamentary negotiation body that split from the Saenuri Party in December 2016, and became a party in January 2017.

Merger

In January 2018, the party's leader, along with the People's Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo, announced their plans to merge the two parties, in an effort to bolster the two party's parliamentary standing ahead of local elections in June.

The merger faces opposition from members of both parties, citing concerns over differences in ideology and policy, particularly over differing stances on dealing with North Korea. Nevertheless, the party approved the merger plans on 5 February 2018. The merger is expected to be finalized on February 13.

Defections

During its existence, the party suffered from a spate of defections.

2017

By April 2017, the party had already lost 14 lawmakers.

In May, a week before the presidential election, 13 lawmakers affiliated with the party announced their decision to defect and return to the LKP. The decision came after the party's presidential candidate, Yoo Seong-min, declined to join forces with LKP's Hong Joon-pyo and PP's Ahn Cheol-soo and field a single presidential candidate. The defection left the party with just 19 seats in the National Assembly, one short of the 20 required for a political party to be recognized as a negotiating body.

Ahead of a leadership contest in November 2017, an additional eight lawmakers defected, and rejoined the LKP. The eight lawmakers were later joined by the party's floor leader, Joo-Ho-young.

2018

On 9 January 2018, lawmaker Kim Se-yeon, Gyeonggi Province Governor Nam Kyung-pil, and lawmaker Park In-sook defected from the party, all of whom rejoined the LKP.

Electoral results

See also

• Impeachment of Park Geun-hye

References

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9. ^ "Leaders of People's Party, Bareun Party declare merger". The Korean Herald. Herald Corporation. Yonhap. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
10. "Bareun Party Agrees on Proposal for Merger with People's Party". KBS World Radio. 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
11. Choi, Ha-young (30 January 2018). "People's Party, Bareun Party to finalize merger Feb. 13". The Korea Times. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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14. "Bareun Party picks new floor leader, policy chief". Yonhap. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018. Oh filled the void left by Joo Ho-young who bolted from the party last month to join the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP).
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16. ^ Choi, Ha-young (16 January 2018). "Yet another Bareun Party lawmaker to defect to LKP". The Korea Times. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

v t e Bareun Party (2017–2018)
Leaders (acting)	Choung Byoung-gug Joo Ho-young Lee Hye-hoon Joo Ho-young Yoo Seong-min
Preceding parties	Grand National Party / Saenuri Party / Liberty Korea Party (1997–2020)
Succeeding parties	Bareunmirae Party (2018–2020)
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v t e Bareunmirae Party (2018–2020)
Leaders (acting)	Park Joo-sun & Yoo Seong-min Kim Dong-cheol Sohn Hak-kyu
Preceding parties	Conservative wing Conservative New Party for Reform / Bareun Party (2016–2018) Centrist/liberal wing People's Party (2016–2018)
Succeeding parties	Conservative wing Onward for Future 4.0 (2020) & New Conservative Party (2020) → United Future Party / People Power Party (2020–) Centrist/liberal wing Minsaeng Party (2020–) People Party (2020–2022)
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