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Article: S. Korea's First 'Progressive' Party in Modern History Set to Win Seats.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- April 15, 2004
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SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- For the first time in nearly half a century, South Korea is readying for the emergence of a "progressive" party in its National Assembly with the near-certain victory of some seats by the Democratic Labor Party (DLP). Since the division of the Korean peninsula in 1945 at the end of the 36-year colonial rule of Korea by Japan, any progressive or leftist ideology has been a taboo in this staunchly anti-communist country After fighting a war with North Korea, South Koreans remained sensitive to moves seen as sympathetic toward the communist regime. Even the word "progressive" is perceived as synonymous with communist.A point in case is ...