Democratic Party
Political party in South Korea
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| 2024 | Prior to the 2024 election, the Democratic Party did not state an official position on the anti-discrimination law, while maintaining a generally conservative approach to LGBT+ rights. |
| 2024 | Led by Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party maintained its strong position with 50.48% of constituency votes, though with a slight reduction to 2 seats, returning to the 1st opposition party status. |
| May 3 2024 | A new party leader takes office, continuing the party's leadership succession. |
| April 21 2024 | Cho Jeong-sik left the Secretary-general position, and an unnamed leader took over as the ninth Secretary-general. |
| 2023 | Park Yong-jin voted against the Democratic Party's budget plan, criticizing it as a 'tax cut for the rich' while simultaneously advocating for corporate tax reduction, which generated internal party controversy. |
| 2023 | Park Ji-hyun publicly criticized party leader Lee Jae-myung regarding his arrest motion, arguing that the investigations and arrest proceedings were causing a decline in the party's approval ratings. |
| 2023 | Party leader Lee Jae-myung declared that Korea should wage an all-out war against Japan's historical revisionism. |
| December 2023 | Party leader Lee Jae-myung publicly stated his opposition to unilaterally passing an anti-discrimination law in the National Assembly, reinforcing the party's conservative stance on social issues. |
| December 3 2023 | Representative Lee Sang-min, who was critical of Lee Jae-myung, left the party, citing concerns about it becoming a 'one-man show'. |
| October 2023 | The Democratic Party won the by-election for the mayor of Gangseo District, Seoul, with candidate Jin Kyo-hoon defeating People Power Party candidate Kim Tae-woo. |
| September 26 2023 | Rep. Hong Ihk-pyo was elected as the party's new floor leader, winning support from both pro and anti-Lee Jae-myung factions. |
| September 26 2023 | Hong Ihk-pyo becomes the party leader. |
| September 23 2023 | Lee Jae-myung ended a 24-day fast that he had started to demand government reforms and the resignation of the entire cabinet. |
| September 22 2023 | A second motion to arrest Lee Jae-myung passed the National Assembly with 149 members voting in favor and 136 opposing, revealing deepening divisions within the Democratic Party. |
| April 2023 | Lee Jae-myung assumes leadership of the Democratic Party in April 2023, continuing the party's frequent leadership transitions. |
| April 28 2023 | Park Kwang-on takes over as party leader. |
| April 19 2023 | When President Yoon Suk Yeol mentioned the possibility of providing weapons to Ukraine, many Democratic Party politicians criticized the proposal and stated that South Korea should not be hostile to Russia. |
| February 21 2023 | A motion to arrest Lee Jae-myung was held in the National Assembly but was rejected by a narrow margin, causing internal party conflict between pro and anti-Lee Jae-myung factions. |
| February 16 2023 | The Supreme Prosecutor's Office issued an arrest warrant for Lee Jae-myung over allegations of corruption and bribery. |
| 2022 | Lee Nak-yon and some Democratic Party members left the party to establish the New Future Party, signaling a shift in the party's centrist reformist faction. |
| 2022 | Park Ji-hyun and Yoon Ho-jung assumed leadership positions in the Democratic Party for the local elections. |
| 2022 | Lee Jae-myung ran for president, ultimately losing the election with 47.83% of the vote. |
| 2022 | Merged with the Open Democratic Party and New Wave to form a big tent party. |
| 2022 | Lee Jae-myung ran as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, receiving 16,147,738 votes (47.83% of the total votes) but ultimately lost the election. |
| 2022 | During the presidential election, Lee Jae-myung shifts towards more centrist and economically liberal policies, advocating for real estate deregulation, acquisition tax relief, and pro-business arguments. He spends significant time meeting and gaining support from centrists and conservatives, marking a departure from his earlier progressive stance. |
| 2022 | Kim Han-gil and Ahn Cheol-soo, former party leaders, joined the right-wing People Power Party. |
| August 2022 | Lee Jae-myung was elected as the party representative with 77.7% of the vote, despite being under investigation by the Supreme Prosecutor's Office for alleged wrongdoings during his tenure as Mayor of Seongnam. |
| August 2022 | Song Young-gil's leadership of the Democratic Party ended. |
| August 31 2022 | Cho Jeong-sik became the eighth Secretary-general of the Democratic Party. |
| August 28 2022 | Kim Min-ki left the Secretary-general position. |
| August 28 2022 | Lee Jae-myung becomes party leader, succeeding Woo Sang-ho. |
| June 2022 | Park Ji-hyun and Yoon Ho-jung are involved in party leadership in June 2022. |
| June 7 2022 | Woo Sang-ho appointed as party leader, succeeding interim leadership. |
| April 2022 | The Democratic Party caused controversy by inviting a pro-Russian professor who denied the Bucha Massacre at a party forum. |
| March 2022 | Song Young-gil becomes the party leader in March 2022, marking another leadership change. |
| March 28 2022 | Kim Yeong-jin left the Secretary-general position, and Kim Min-ki took over. |
| March 24 2022 | Park Hong-keun assumes party leadership. |
| 2021 | The Democratic Party opposed admitting Afghanistan refugees, taking a stance contrary to the conservative party's support for refugee admission. |
| 2021 | Kim Tae-nyeon takes on leadership of the Democratic Party in 2021. |
| 2021 | Park Young-sun shifts to a more moderate conservative stance, expressing support for an anti-discrimination law with 'religious exceptions' while remaining skeptical about queer parades. |
| 2021 | Democratic Party lawmakers jointly proposed a plan to repeal the National Security Act, but the proposal failed to pass in the legislative process. |
| 2021 | After suffering significant losses in the 2021 by-elections, the Democratic Party underwent leadership reorganization, with Do Jong-hwan appointed as the interim party leader. |
| December 2021 | Moon Jae-in government invested 1.2 billion won (US$1,000,000) in a campaign to promote playing Christmas carols in stores, sparking opposition from South Korea's Buddhist community who viewed it as preferential treatment of Christianity. |
| November 25 2021 | Kim Yeong-jin became the sixth Secretary-general of the Democratic Party. |
| November 24 2021 | Youn Kwan-suk left the Secretary-general position. |
| October 2021 | The Democratic Party nominated Lee Jae-myung as its presidential candidate for the 2022 election, defeating other party leaders like Lee Nak-yon and Choo Mi-ae. |
| September 2021 | President Moon Jae-in publicly stated he was considering implementing a legal ban on dog meat consumption, reflecting the Democratic Party's stance on animal welfare and ethical treatment of animals. |
| May 2021 | Song Young-gil became the leader of the Democratic Party. |
| May 4 2021 | Youn Kwan-suk became the fifth Secretary-general of the Democratic Party. |
| May 2 2021 | Song Young-gil becomes party leader, succeeding Lee Nak-yon. |
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