Korean Socialist Party Explained

Korean Socialist Party
Native Name Lang:ko
Chairman:-->
Founder:Yi Dong-hwi[1]
Founded:[2]
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Dissolved:January, 1921
Merger:Korean Democratic Corps[3]
Successor:Korean Communist Party
Headquarters:Kalinina 18, Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Russia[4]
Newspaper:Jayujong
Wing1 Title:Armed wing
Wing1:Korean Red Guards
Korean Democratic Corps
Ideology:Socialism
Left wing nationalism
International:Comintern[5]
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Korean Socialist Party
Hangul:한인사회당
Hanja:韓人社會黨
Rr:Hanin sahoedang
Mr:Hanin sahoedang
Rus:Корейская социалистическая партия
Ibox-Order:ko1, ko4, ko3, ru

The Korean Socialist Party was a socialist party of Korea. The party was founded in 1918 in Khabarovsk, Soviet Russia. In April 1919, the party merged with the Korean Democratic Corps at the second representative congress of Korean Socialist Party. And in 1921, the party merged with Korean communist groups of Irkutsk and was renamed as the Korean Communist Party.

The establishment of the party was supported by the local Bolshevik authority in the Russian Far East, represented by the likes of Alexander Krasnoshchyokov and Alexandra Kim.

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: 한인사회당(韓人社會黨) . Korean Socialist Party . . . Korean . Gim . Changsu . 1997 . 2018-04-06.
  2. Web site: 한인사회당 창당대회 개최지 . Independence Movement Abroad Historic Site . . Korean . 2018-04-06 . (…) 이동휘와 김 알렉산드라 페트로브나의 주도적인 노력에 힘입어 1918년 5월 11일(양력) 하바롭스크에서 박애·이한영·김립·오하묵·오영준(오와실리) 등의 발기로 한인 최초의 사회주의 정당인 한인사회당이 탄생하게 되었다. (…).
  3. Book: Sin, Yongha . 2010-09-30 . 日帝強占期韓國民族史 . Korean history under Japanese forced occupation . 392 . Korean . . 8952103157.
  4. Web site: 한인사회당 당간부회관 터 . Independence Movement Abroad Historic Site . . Korean . 2018-04-06.
  5. News: 창당 100주년: 한인 사회당, 아시아 최초로 사회주의 깃발을 들다 . The socialist . Bak . Namil . 2018-04-06 . 2018-04-06.