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Transition Korea

Transition Korea

Political party in South Korea


Transition Korea (Korean: 시대전환; Hanja: 時代轉換; RR: Sidaejeonhwan, TK) was an anti-establishment[2][3][4] political party in South Korea.

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The party was established by Cho Jung-hoon and Lee Won-jae on 23 February 2020.[4][5] It officially identifies as neither conservative nor progressive, but as pragmatic.[6] Lee Won-jae, one of the co-Presidents, supports a basic income.[6]

In the 2020 election, the party joined the Platform Party alliance,[7] but at the beginning there were speculations that the party would form an alliance with the Minsaeng Party.[3] Cho Jung-hoon ran 6th in the Platform Party list[7] and was elected. On 12 May 2020, Cho was officially expelled from the Platform Party and returned to this party.[8]

On 9 November 2023, Party leader Cho agreed to a merger of the Party with the conservative People Power ahead of the 2024 South Korean legislative election.[9]


References

  1. "시대전환 '비례연합정당' 참여하나… 16일 중 최종결정". Kyunghyang Shinmun. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2019. 중도·실용주의 신생정당인 '시대전환'이 16일 더불어민주당이 주도하는 비례연합정당 참여를 최종 결정할 예정인 것으로 전해졌다.
  2. "새로운 정치세력 '시대전환'의 도전". 7 February 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

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