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			{{Short description\|2011–2014 political party in South Korea}}
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			\| leader = ]<ref>http://www.goupp.org/kor/intro/greeting.php UPP intro page(korean)</ref>
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	\|position = ]<ref>{{Cite document \|title=Liberal parties agree to field unified candidates for April elections \|publisher=Yonhap News Agency \|date=10 March 2012 \|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2012/03/10/0301000000AEN20120310000852315.HTML \|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref><ref name="Herald"/>
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			\| successor = ] (''de facto'')
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	The '''Unified Progressive Party''' ('''UPP'''; {{lang-ko\|통합진보당}}, ]: ''Tonghap Jinbo-dang'', ]: 統合進步黨) is a banned ] political party in ]. It was founded on 5 December 2011 as a merger of the ], the ] of ], and a faction of the ].<ref name="Minor">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/12/116_100138.html \|title=Minor parties launch 'Unified Progressive Party' \|newspaper=The Korea Times \|date=5 December 2011 \|accessdate=1 February 2012 \|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=S. Korea's minor parties coalesce to form new progressive party \|newspaper=People's Daily Online \|date=5 December 2012 \|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/7666247.html \|accessdate=1 February 2012 \|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref> Until 12 May 2012 it was jointly chaired by Rhyu Si-min, Lee Jung-hee, and Sim Sang-jeong.<ref name="Herald">{{Cite news \|author=Bae Hyun-jung \|title=Minority parties struggle \|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20120120000958 \|newspaper=The Korea Herald \|date=20 January 2012 \|accessdate=1 February 2012 \|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite document \|url=http://app.yonhapnews.co.kr/YNA/Basic/ArticleEnglish/ArticlePhoto/YIBW_new_showArticlePhotoView.aspx?contents_id=PYH20111205016000341&PAGINGCURRENTPAGE=17 \|title=Progressive parties unified \|publisher=Yonhap News Agency \|accessdate=1 February 2012 \|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref>
			\| banned = {{end date\|2014\|12\|19\|df=yes}}
			\| headquarters = Noryangjin-ro 12, Solbom Building 12th floor, ], ]
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			\|'''2011–2012:'''{{cref\|a}}
			\|]<ref>{{cite book\|author=Tom Lansford\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCFoDwAAQBAJ\|title=Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019\|page=745\|publisher=CQ Press\|date=19 March 2019\|isbn=978-1544327112}}</ref> to ]<ref name="Herald"/>
			\|'''2012–2014:'''
			\|]{{refn\|<ref>{{cite book\|author=Rüdiger Frank, Jim Hoare\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbJAAQAAQBAJ\|title=Korea 2013: Politics, Economy and Society\|page=26\|publisher=BRILL\|date=13 September 2013\|isbn = 9789004262973}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|editor=James E. Hoare \|title=Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nwD6DwAAQBAJ&dq=left-wing+%22Unified+Progressive+Party%22&pg=PR69 \|quote= NIS raids offices and homes of 10 officials of the left-wing Unified Progressive Party on charges of conspiring to mount a pro–North Korean insurrection. \|date=2020 \|page=LXIX \|publisher=] \|isbn=9781538119761 }}</ref>}} to ]{{refn\|<ref>{{cite book\|editor=Chung Min Lee \|title=Fault Lines in a Rising Asia \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mWMLDAAAQBAJ&dq=far-left+%22Unified+Progressive+Party%22&pg=PA323 \|quote= The far-left Unified Progressive Party (UPP) was South Korea's most pro–North Korean political party, and its leadership was in near-perfect alignment with the policies espoused by North Korea, but it was disbanded when the ... \|date=2016 \|page=323 \|publisher=] \|isbn=9780870033131 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|editor=Oul Han \|title=Polarized Politics in South Korea: Political Culture and Democracy in Partisan Newspapers \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wxwoEAAAQBAJ&dq=far-left+%22Unified+Progressive+Party%22&pg=PA22 \|quote= ... In 2014 for example, a far-left party (Unified Progressive Party) was dissolved due to pro-North Korean activities that threaten national security.25 Accordingly, ... \|date=2021 \|page=22 \|publisher=] \|isbn=9781793635921 }}</ref>}}
			}}
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			\| footnotes = {{cnote\|a\|By September 2012, the {{ill\|Minjungminju-wing\|ko\|민중민주파}} (People's Democracy faction) within the UPP left in large quantities, and the {{ill\|Minjokhaebang-wing\|ko\|민족 해방 (운동권)}} (National Liberation faction) (]/pro-North Korean or ]s) became the main players.<ref name="유시민">{{cite news\|url=https://www.pressian.com/pages/articles/64132 \|script-title=ko:노회찬, 심상정, 유시민 통합진보당 탈당: 민노당 전 최고위원, 지방의원, 참여계 당원 3000여명도 '탈당 러시' \|trans-title=Roh Hoe-chan, Sim Sang-jung, and Yoo Si-min left the Unified Progressive Party: About 3,000 former supreme council members, local councilors, and participating members of the DLP are also leaving the party. \|work=] \|date=13 September 2012 \|access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>}}
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			{{Infobox Korean name\|hangul=통합진보당\|hanja=統合進步黨\|rr=Tonghap Jinbodang\|mr=T'onghap Chinbodang}}
			{{Progressivism in South Korea\|Parties}}

			The '''Unified Progressive Party''' ('''UPP'''; {{Korean\|통합진보당\|rr=Tonghapjinbodang}}) is a banned political party in South Korea. It was founded on 5 December 2011 as a merger of the ], the ] of ], and a faction of the ].<ref name="Minor">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/12/116_100138.html \|title=Minor parties launch 'Unified Progressive Party' \|newspaper=] \|date=5 December 2011 \|access-date=1 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=S. Korea's minor parties coalesce to form new progressive party \|newspaper=People's Daily Online \|date=5 December 2012 \|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/7666247.html \|access-date=1 February 2012 }}</ref> Until 12 May 2012 it was jointly chaired by Rhyu Si-min, Lee Jung-hee, and ].<ref name="Herald">{{Cite news \|author=Bae Hyun-jung \|title=Minority parties struggle \|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20120120000958 \|newspaper=] \|date=20 January 2012 \|access-date=1 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|url=http://app.yonhapnews.co.kr/YNA/Basic/ArticleEnglish/ArticlePhoto/YIBW_new_showArticlePhotoView.aspx?contents_id=PYH20111205016000341&PAGINGCURRENTPAGE=17 \|title=Progressive parties unified \|publisher=] \|access-date=1 February 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707200444/http://app.yonhapnews.co.kr/YNA/Basic/ArticleEnglish/ArticlePhoto/YIBW_new_showArticlePhotoView.aspx?contents_id=PYH20111205016000341&PAGINGCURRENTPAGE=17 \|archive-date=7 July 2012 }}</ref>
	The UPP has proposed an alliance with the major liberal ], which the Democrats has rejected.<ref name="Herald"/>

			== History ==
	In the ] the party gained eight seats for a total of thirteen seats out of 300, advancing to the third position, well ahead of the conservative ] (which lost most of its seats).
			The UPP proposed an alliance with the major liberal ], which the Democrats rejected.<ref name="Herald"/>

			In the ] the party gained eight seats for a total of thirteen seats out of 300, advancing to the third position, well ahead of the conservative ] (which lost most of its seats).
	On 24 April 2012, the party provisionally voted to drop the "Unified" component of its name, and adopt the name "Progressive Party". The change is subject to a vote of the party's Central Committee on 13 May.<ref>, '']''. 24 April 2012, retrieved 24 April 2012.</ref> On 3 May 2012, the party internal investigation revealed that wide-ranging irregularities occurred in selecting UPP's proportional representation candidates.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2012/05/02/0301000000AEN20120502005900315.HTML\|title=UPP should clearly settle vote irregularity scandal\|date=2 May 2012\|accessdate=3 May 2012\|work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.naver.com/main/hotissue/read.nhn?mid=hot&sid1=100&cid=307102&iid=544300&oid=055&aid=0000227093&ptype=011\|script-title=ko:'지도부 사퇴' 밝힌 진보당, 비례대표 거취 '충돌'\|trans_title=UPP party leader resigned. Internal conflict is widening.\|language=Korean\|date=3 May 2012\|accessdate=3 May 2012\|author=Huh Yun-seok(허윤석)\|work=]}}</ref> UPP won six proportional representatives in the 11 April general election,<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2952316&cloc=joongangdaily\|title=UPP admits its primary was rigged\|date=3 May 2012\|accessdate=3 May 2012\|author=Kim Hee-jin\|work=JoongAng daily}}</ref> but one legislator resigned amid the election scandal. All four co-leaders of the party subsequently resigned on 12 May.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/05/113_110847.html\|title=Leftist party leaders resign over election scandal\|work=]\|date=12 May 2012\|accessdate=12 May 2012}}</ref>

			On 24 April 2012, the party provisionally voted to drop the "Unified" component of its name, and adopt the name "Progressive Party". The change was subject to a vote of the party's Central Committee on 13 May.<ref>, '']''. 24 April 2012, retrieved 24 April 2012.</ref> On 3 May 2012, the party internal investigation revealed that wide-ranging irregularities occurred in selecting UPP's proportional representation candidates.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2012/05/02/0301000000AEN20120502005900315.HTML\|title=UPP should clearly settle vote irregularity scandal\|date=2 May 2012\|access-date=3 May 2012\|work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.naver.com/main/hotissue/read.nhn?mid=hot&sid1=100&cid=307102&iid=544300&oid=055&aid=0000227093&ptype=011\|script-title=ko:'지도부 사퇴' 밝힌 진보당, 비례대표 거취 '충돌'\|trans-title=UPP party leader resigned. Internal conflict is widening.\|language=ko\|date=3 May 2012\|access-date=3 May 2012\|author=Huh Yun-seok(허윤석)\|work=]}}</ref> UPP won six proportional representatives in 11 April general election,<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2952316&cloc=joongangdaily\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127100358/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2952316&cloc=joongangdaily\|url-status=usurped\|archive-date=27 January 2013\|title=UPP admits its primary was rigged\|date=3 May 2012\|access-date=3 May 2012\|author=Kim Hee-jin\|work=]}}</ref> but one legislator resigned amid the election scandal. All four co-leaders of the party subsequently resigned on 12 May.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/05/113_110847.html\|title=Leftist party leaders resign over election scandal\|work=]\|date=12 May 2012\|access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref>
	The South Korean government petitioned the ] to dissolve the UPP due to their alleged pro-North Korea views in November 2013, two months after the UPP members allegedly involved in the ] were arrested. On 19 December 2014 the ] ruled 8-1 in favour of the dissolution. The five UPP lawmakers were also deprived of their National Assembly seats.<ref></ref><ref></ref> According to ], the UPP's ban raised "serious questions as to the authorities' commitment to freedom of expression and association".<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.dw.de/south-korea-court-orders-party-with-pro-north-korea-views-be-disbanded/a-18140824 \|title=South Korea court orders party with 'pro-North Korea' views be disbanded \|publisher=DW \|date=19 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=South Korea court orders breakup of ‘pro-North’ leftwing party \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=19 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|author=Steven Borowiec \|title=In unprecedented move, South Korea bans 'pro-North' political party \|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-south-korea-bans-political-party-20141219-story.html \|newspaper=Los Angeles Times \|date=19 December 2014}}</ref>

			The South Korean government petitioned the ] to dissolve the UPP due to their alleged pro-North Korea views in November 2013, two months after the UPP members allegedly involved in the ] were arrested. On 19 December 2014 the ] ruled 8–1 in favour of the dissolution. The five UPP lawmakers were also deprived of their National Assembly seats.<ref></ref><ref></ref> According to ], the UPP's ban raised "serious questions as to the authorities' commitment to freedom of expression and association".<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.dw.de/south-korea-court-orders-party-with-pro-north-korea-views-be-disbanded/a-18140824 \|title=South Korea court orders party with 'pro-North Korea' views be disbanded \|publisher=DW \|date=19 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=South Korea court orders breakup of 'pro-North' leftwing party \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=19 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|author=Steven Borowiec \|title=In unprecedented move, South Korea bans 'pro-North' political party \|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-south-korea-bans-political-party-20141219-story.html \|newspaper=] \|date=19 December 2014}}</ref>
	== Lee Seok-ki sabotage plot ==

			After the dissolution, some of the members joined ] in 2016.

			== Political positions ==
			Since the United Progressive Party was a ] party until 2012 and before, there was no consistent ideology except for the motto of a "leftist" party. Before the 2012 party's controversy over fraudulent elections, the United Progressive Party was led by moderates, so some{{who\|date=April 2022}} evaluated that "progressivism" was closer to "]" than "]".<ref name="자유주의">{{cite web\|script-title=ko:보수적인, 너무나 보수적인 우리의 '진보' \|trans-title=Conservative. Our "progressive" that's too conservative. \|url=https://www.pressian.com/pages/articles/19694 \|publisher=] \|date=2011-12-01\|access-date=2021-12-04}}</ref><ref name="liberalUPP">{{cite news\|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2952533 \|title=UPP's biggest faction denies rigging \|quote= The internal strife in the '''liberal Unified Progressive Party''' continued with the leader of the party's largest faction demanding a vote on whether the candidates elected in a rigged primary should step down. \|work=] \|date=7 May 2012 \|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> However, after 2012, liberals and social democrats within the party left the party, and ]s led the party much more, and afterwards were embroiled in controversy over allegations of being "far-left" or "pro-North Korea" ({{Korean\|hangul=종북\|labels=no}}).<ref name="종북">{{cite web\|script-title=ko:'종북논란' 벗어날 방안 없는 통합진보당 \|url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/assembly/662993.html \|language=ko \|publisher=] \|date=2014-11-04\|access-date=2021-12-04}}</ref>

			=== Lee Seok-ki sabotage plot ===
	{{main\|2013 South Korean sabotage plot}}		{{main\|2013 South Korean sabotage plot}}
	On 5 September 2013, South ~~Korea’s~~ intelligence agency, ], accused UPP lawmaker Lee Seok-ki of plotting a pro-North Korean rebellion. The case triggered a political and media firestorm in a nation where even praising the North can be considered a crime.<ref></ref> He allegedly led a May 2013 meeting, comprised partly of UPP members, in which reference was made to the prospect of attacking South Korean infrastructure in the event that recently heightened tensions between the Koreas led to war.		On 5 September 2013, South Korea's intelligence agency, ], accused UPP lawmaker Lee Seok-ki of plotting a pro-North Korean rebellion. The case triggered a political and media firestorm in a nation where even praising the North can be considered a crime.<ref>{{cite magazine \|title=South Korea Lawmaker Arrested in Alleged Rebellion Plot \|magazine=] \|url=http://world.time.com/2013/09/05/south-korea-lawmaker-arrested-in-alleged-rebellion-plot/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907064349/http://world.time.com/2013/09/05/south-korea-lawmaker-arrested-in-alleged-rebellion-plot/ \|archive-date=7 September 2013 }}</ref> He allegedly led a May 2013 meeting, comprised partly of UPP members, in which reference was made to the prospect of attacking South Korean infrastructure in the event that recently heightened tensions between the Koreas led to war.

	South Korean prosecutors subsequently indicted Lee on charges of plotting a pro-North Korea rebellion to overthrow the government, saying his plan posed a ~~“grave”~~ national security threat.<ref></ref> However, ~~many people, including~~ UPP lawmakers, say that while the meeting in question did take place, they had no intention of destroying Korean infrastructure.		South Korean prosecutors subsequently indicted Lee on charges of plotting a pro-North Korea rebellion to overthrow the government, saying his plan posed a "grave" national security threat.<ref></ref> However, UPP lawmakers say that while the meeting in question did take place, they had no intention of destroying South Korean government infrastructure.{{citation needed\|date=April 2022}}

	On 17 February 2014, Lee was sentenced by a district court to 12 years in prison.<ref></ref>		On 17 February 2014, Lee was sentenced by a district court to 12 years in prison.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20140217002700315#:~:text=SUWON%2C%20South%20Korea%2C%20Feb.%2017%20%28Yonhap%29%20--%20In,Korean%20government%20in%20case%20of%20an%20inter-Korean%20war.\|title=(LEAD) Leftist lawmaker gets 12-year prison term for rebellion plot\|date=17 February 2014}}</ref>
	<ref></ref>

			== Electoral results ==
	==Position on North Korea==
	On 18 June 2012 the Unified Progressive Party announced a blueprint for reform of the party's political positions, including adoption of a critical position regarding ], a spokesman stating, "North Korea’s record on human rights cannot be justified at all, even when considering its dire economic situation".<ref name=KTPP616>{{cite news\|title=Leftist party set to shift stance on NK\|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/06/116_113271.html\|accessdate=18 June 2012\|newspaper=Korean Times\|date=18 June 2012\|author=Kang Hyun-kyung\|quote=Briefing on the key elements of the UPP tasks on behalf of the party, Rep. Park Won-suk said North Korea’s record on human rights cannot be justified at all, even when considering its dire economic situation.}}</ref> The party's reform effort also included criticism of North Korea's nuclear weapons program and practice of hereditary succession. The party clarified its call for an end to military cooperation with the United States, explaining that this should follow peace with North Korea, denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, and reunification.<ref name=Yonhap618>{{cite news\|title=Committee of progressive party deplores N.K. human rights, power succession\|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2012/06/18/42/0401000000AEN20120618003400315F.HTML\|accessdate=18 June 2012\|date=18 June 2012\|agency=Yonhap\|quote=a clear condemnation of North Korea's human rights situation, its nuclear weapons program and hereditary succession of power.}}</ref>

	==~~References~~==		=== Legislative ===
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			\| 1,291,306
			\| 5.99
			\| {{Composition bar\|7\|246\|hex={{party color\|Unified Progressive Party}}}}
			\| 2,198,405
			\| 10.31
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			\| {{Composition bar\|13\|300\|hex={{party color\|Unified Progressive Party}}}}
			\| 3rd
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	==~~External~~ ~~links~~==		=== Local ===
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			\|Lee Jung-hee
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			== References ==
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			== External links ==
			*{{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213232658/http://www.goupp.org/kor/main/main.php \|date=13 December 2014 \|title=Official website }}

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Latest revision as of 02:11, 31 December 2024

2011–2014 political party in South Korea

Unified Progressive Party 통합진보당

Leader	Lee Jung-hee
Founded	5 December 2011 (2011-12-05)
Banned	19 December 2014 (2014-12-19)
Merger of	People's Participation Party Democratic Labor Party New Progressive Party (factions)
Succeeded by	Minjung Party (de facto)
Headquarters	Noryangjin-ro 12, Solbom Building 12th floor, Dongjak-gu, Seoul
Ideology	Progressivism (South Korean)
Political position	2011–2012: Centre-left to left-wing 2012–2014: Left-wing to far-left
Colours	Purple
Politics of South Korea Political parties Elections a: By September 2012, the Minjungminju-wing [ko] (People's Democracy faction) within the UPP left in large quantities, and the Minjokhaebang-wing [ko] (National Liberation faction) (anti-American/pro-North Korean or left-wing nationalists) became the main players.

Unified Progressive Party
Hangul	통합진보당
Hanja	統合進步黨
Revised Romanization	Tonghap Jinbodang
McCune–Reischauer	T'onghap Chinbodang

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The Unified Progressive Party (UPP; Korean: 통합진보당; RR: Tonghapjinbodang) is a banned political party in South Korea. It was founded on 5 December 2011 as a merger of the Democratic Labor Party, the People's Participation Party of Rhyu Si-min, and a faction of the New Progressive Party. Until 12 May 2012 it was jointly chaired by Rhyu Si-min, Lee Jung-hee, and Sim Sang-jung.

History

The UPP proposed an alliance with the major liberal Democratic Party, which the Democrats rejected.

In the 2012 National Assembly election the party gained eight seats for a total of thirteen seats out of 300, advancing to the third position, well ahead of the conservative Liberty Forward Party (which lost most of its seats).

On 24 April 2012, the party provisionally voted to drop the "Unified" component of its name, and adopt the name "Progressive Party". The change was subject to a vote of the party's Central Committee on 13 May. On 3 May 2012, the party internal investigation revealed that wide-ranging irregularities occurred in selecting UPP's proportional representation candidates. UPP won six proportional representatives in 11 April general election, but one legislator resigned amid the election scandal. All four co-leaders of the party subsequently resigned on 12 May.

The South Korean government petitioned the Constitutional Court of Korea to dissolve the UPP due to their alleged pro-North Korea views in November 2013, two months after the UPP members allegedly involved in the 2013 South Korean sabotage plot were arrested. On 19 December 2014 the Constitutional Court of Korea ruled 8–1 in favour of the dissolution. The five UPP lawmakers were also deprived of their National Assembly seats. According to Amnesty International, the UPP's ban raised "serious questions as to the authorities' commitment to freedom of expression and association".

After the dissolution, some of the members joined People's United Party in 2016.

Political positions

Since the United Progressive Party was a big tent party until 2012 and before, there was no consistent ideology except for the motto of a "leftist" party. Before the 2012 party's controversy over fraudulent elections, the United Progressive Party was led by moderates, so some evaluated that "progressivism" was closer to "American (modern) liberalism" than "socialism". However, after 2012, liberals and social democrats within the party left the party, and left-wing nationalists led the party much more, and afterwards were embroiled in controversy over allegations of being "far-left" or "pro-North Korea" (종북).

Lee Seok-ki sabotage plot

Main article: 2013 South Korean sabotage plot

On 5 September 2013, South Korea's intelligence agency, NIS, accused UPP lawmaker Lee Seok-ki of plotting a pro-North Korean rebellion. The case triggered a political and media firestorm in a nation where even praising the North can be considered a crime. He allegedly led a May 2013 meeting, comprised partly of UPP members, in which reference was made to the prospect of attacking South Korean infrastructure in the event that recently heightened tensions between the Koreas led to war.

South Korean prosecutors subsequently indicted Lee on charges of plotting a pro-North Korea rebellion to overthrow the government, saying his plan posed a "grave" national security threat. However, UPP lawmakers say that while the meeting in question did take place, they had no intention of destroying South Korean government infrastructure.

On 17 February 2014, Lee was sentenced by a district court to 12 years in prison.

Electoral results

Legislative

Election	Leader	Constituency			Party list			Seats	Position	Status
Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Seats	Position	Status
2012	Lee Jung-hee	1,291,306	5.99	7 / 246	2,198,405	10.31	6 / 54	13 / 300	3rd	Opposition

Local

Election	Leader	Metropolitan mayor/Governor	Provincial legislature	Municipal mayor	Municipal legislature
2014	Lee Jung-hee	0 / 17	0 / 789	0 / 226	34 / 2,898

References

http://www.goupp.org/kor/intro/greeting.php UPP intro page(korean)
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Tom Lansford (19 March 2019). Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019. CQ Press. p. 745. ISBN 978-1544327112.
^ Bae Hyun-jung (20 January 2012). "Minority parties struggle". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
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James E. Hoare, ed. (2020). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea. Rowman & Littlefield. p. LXIX. ISBN 9781538119761. NIS raids offices and homes of 10 officials of the left-wing Unified Progressive Party on charges of conspiring to mount a pro–North Korean insurrection.
Chung Min Lee, ed. (2016). Fault Lines in a Rising Asia. Brookings Institution Press. p. 323. ISBN 9780870033131. The far-left Unified Progressive Party (UPP) was South Korea's most pro–North Korean political party, and its leadership was in near-perfect alignment with the policies espoused by North Korea, but it was disbanded when the ...
Oul Han, ed. (2021). Polarized Politics in South Korea: Political Culture and Democracy in Partisan Newspapers. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 22. ISBN 9781793635921. ... In 2014 for example, a far-left party (Unified Progressive Party) was dissolved due to pro-North Korean activities that threaten national security.25 Accordingly, ...
노회찬, 심상정, 유시민 통합진보당 탈당: 민노당 전 최고위원, 지방의원, 참여계 당원 3000여명도 '탈당 러시' [Roh Hoe-chan, Sim Sang-jung, and Yoo Si-min left the Unified Progressive Party: About 3,000 former supreme council members, local councilors, and participating members of the DLP are also leaving the party.]. Pressian. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
"S. Korea's minor parties coalesce to form new progressive party". People's Daily Online. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
"Progressive parties unified". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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Huh Yun-seok(허윤석) (3 May 2012). '지도부 사퇴' 밝힌 진보당, 비례대표 거취 '충돌' [UPP party leader resigned. Internal conflict is widening.]. SBS (in Korean). Retrieved 3 May 2012.
Kim Hee-jin (3 May 2012). "UPP admits its primary was rigged". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
"Leftist party leaders resign over election scandal". The Korea Times. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
S Korea Court Orders Dissolution of Leftist Party
Official court opinion (in Korean)
"South Korea court orders party with 'pro-North Korea' views be disbanded". DW. 19 December 2014.
"South Korea court orders breakup of 'pro-North' leftwing party". The Guardian. 19 December 2014.
Steven Borowiec (19 December 2014). "In unprecedented move, South Korea bans 'pro-North' political party". Los Angeles Times.
보수적인, 너무나 보수적인 우리의 '진보' [Conservative. Our "progressive" that's too conservative.]. Pressian. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
"UPP's biggest faction denies rigging". Korea JoongAng Daily. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2022. The internal strife in the liberal Unified Progressive Party continued with the leader of the party's largest faction demanding a vote on whether the candidates elected in a rigged primary should step down.
'종북논란' 벗어날 방안 없는 통합진보당 (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
"South Korea Lawmaker Arrested in Alleged Rebellion Plot". Time. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013.
South Korean prosecutors charge leftist lawmaker with plotting pro-North Korea rebellion
"(LEAD) Leftist lawmaker gets 12-year prison term for rebellion plot". 17 February 2014.

External links

Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 December 2014)

v t e Unified Progressive Party (2011–2014)
Leaders (acting)	Sim Sang-jung & Rhyu Si-min Gang Gi-gab Lee Jung-hee
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