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Korean name
Hangul	녹색당
Hanja	綠色黨
Revised Romanization	Noksaekdang
McCune–Reischauer	Noksaektang

Green Party

녹색당
Green Party 녹색당
Leaders	Kim Soon-ae ; Lee Chi-seon
Founded	2 April 2012; (Green Party); 13 October 2012; (Greens Plus); 19 April 2014; (Green Party)
Headquarters	Seoul
Membership (2016)	10,085
Ideology	Green politics; Feminism (South Korean); Progressivism (South Korean); Faction:; Eco-socialism;
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Green Justice Party (2024)
Regional affiliation	Asia Pacific Greens Federation
International affiliation	Global Greens
Colours	Green
National Assembly	0 / 300
Website
	kgreens.org
	Politics of South Korea; Political parties; Elections;

Green Party Korea is a political party in South Korea. The party was established in March 2012. It is a continuation of the Korea Greens, created following initial discussions in 2011. The party was established in response to the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis of Japan. Green Party Korea is a member of the Global Greens and the Asia Pacific Greens Federation.

History

As a result of the party only getting 0.48% in the 19th national parliamentary election in April 2012, the party was disbanded by the National Election Administration Office. However, the paragraph 4 of article 41 and the subparagraph 3 of paragraph 1 of article 44 of the Political Parties Act,^[6] which had revoked registration of parties and banned use of the titles of the parties whose obtained numbers of votes had been less than 2% of the total number of effective votes, were ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Korea on 28 January 2014.^[7] As a result, Green Party Korea recovered its title.^[8]

Green Party Korea, together with the Basic Income Youth Network, began a two-week tour on 6 July 2015 to discover the opinions citizens in South Korea have about basic income, and to introduce the concept of basic income to the community. The party has also adopted basic income as part of their party platform.^[9]

The party joined an electoral alliance with social-democratic Justice Party to participate in 2024 South Korean legislative election. Due to South Korean electoral law, which doesn't allow electoral alliances officially, the Justice Party changed its name to the Green Justice Party, and candidates of the Green Party individually joined the Green Justice Party.

Membership demographics

The party has more females than males. About 38.2% of party members are in their 40s. 24.8% of party members are 50 years of age or older.

Leadership

Lee Hyun-joo and Ha Seung-soo (co-serving; 2012–2014)
Lee You-jin and Ha Seung-soo (co-serving; 2014–2016)
Kim Ju-on and Choi Hyeok-bong (co-serving; 2016–2018)
Ha Seung-soo and Shin Ji-ye (co-serving; 2018–2020)
Sung Mi-sun (2020–2021)
Kim Ye-won and Lee Jae-hyeok (co-serving; 2021)
Kim Ye-won and Kim Chan-hwi (co-serving; 2021–2023)
Kim Chan-hwi (2023–2024)
Kim Soon-ae and Lee Chi-seon (co-serving; 2024–present)

Election results

Legislature

Election	Leader	Constituency				Party list				Seats		Position	Status
Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	No.	+/–	Position	Status
2012	Lee Hyeon-ju Ha Seung-soo	4,843	0.02	0 / 300	new	103,842	0.48	0 / 300	new	0 / 300	new	10th	Extra-parliamentary
2016	Lee Yoo-jin Ha Seung-soo	31,491	0.13	0 / 300		182,301	0.77	0 / 300		0 / 300		7th	Extra-parliamentary
2020	Seong Mi-seon					58,948	0.21	0 / 300		0 / 300		17th	Extra-parliamentary
2024	Charnie Kim	with Justice Party				—	—	0 / 300		0 / 300		—	Extra-parliamentary

Local

Election	Candidate	Votes	%
Seoul, 2018	Shin Ji-ye	82,874	1.67
Jeju, 2018	Ko Eun-young	12,188	3.53
Jeju, 2022	Bu Soon-jeong	5,750	1.94

References

^ 2015년 6월 당원현황 보고 (그래프) (in Korean). Green Party Koreans. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^ Kim, Juon (24 September 2018). "Peace, Politics and Green Possibilities in South Korea". Green European Journal. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^ 탁양현 (11 January 2019). 진보주의 정치철학, 수운 최제우, 안토니오 그람시 (in Korean). e퍼플. p. 33. ISBN 9791163473008 – via Google Books.
^ "녹색정치와 진보정당, 미래를 말하다". 24 September 2020.
^ Sanghun Lee (9 July 2020). "The substance of a Korean Green New Deal is still being defined". Eco Business. During South Korea's parliamentary election in mid-April, which was the world's first national election amid the pandemic, the ruling centrist Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), the centre-right Party for People's Livelihoods (PPL), the centre-left Justice Party (JP) and the left Green Party Korea (GPK) all made pledges around a "Green New Deal"
^ 한국법제연구원 영문법령. elaw.klri.re.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ 2012헌마431. search.ccourt.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "녹색당" 당명회복!! 헌재의 위헌결정을 환영한다. 녹색당 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ Widerquist, Karl (5 July 2015). "KOREA: Basic Income Tour Kicks off on July 6, 2015". BIEN: Basic Income Earth Network. Retrieved 20 July 2015.