Transition Korea Explained

Native Name:시대전환
時代轉換
Native Name Lang:ko
Leader:Cho Jung-hun
Leader1 Title:Floor Leader
Leader1 Name:Cho Jung-hun
Leader2 Title:Chair of the Policy Planning Committee
Leader2 Name:Park Sook-hyun
Secretary General:Lee Jae-hoo
Founded:23 February 2020
Registered:6 March 2020
Dissolved:9 November 2023
Split:Democratic Party
Merged:People Power Party
Headquarters:Gukhoe-daero, Yeongdeungpo, Seoul
Membership Year:2020
Ideology:Pragmatism
Anti-establishment
Colours: Purple
Country:South Korea

Transition Korea (TK) was an anti-establishment[1] [2] [3] political party in South Korea.

The party was established by Cho Jung-hoon and Lee Won-jae on 23 February 2020.[3] [4] It officially identifies as neither conservative nor progressive, but as pragmatic.[5] Lee Won-jae, one of the co-Presidents, supports a basic income.[5]

In the 2020 election, the party joined the Platform Party alliance,[6] but at the beginning there were speculations that the party would form an alliance with the Minsaeng Party.[2] Cho Jung-hoon ran 6th in the Platform Party list[6] and was elected. On 12 May 2020, Cho was officially expelled from the Platform Party and returned to this party.[7]

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.[8]

References

  1. News: 13 March 2020. [이색정당릴레이]시대전환 조정훈, "세대단절 잇는 플랫폼 정당 만들겠다"]. 13 May 2020.
  2. News: 11 March 2020. 손학규도 통합당도 뿌리친 시대전환 "양당체제 극복할 것"[라이브24]]. 13 May 2020.
  3. News: 7 February 2020. 새로운 정치세력 '시대전환'의 도전. 13 May 2020.
  4. News: 23 February 2020. 비정치인 2040 '시대전환' 창당…"모두에 월 30만원 기본소득". 13 May 2020.
  5. News: 29 January 2020. 김종인 지지 '시대전환' "20여명 후보낼 것, 기본소득 공약". 13 May 2020.
  6. News: 13 April 2020. [4·15총선 인터뷰] 시민당 6번 조정훈 "코로나19發 딥체인지에 정부 역할 커질 것"]. 13 May 2020.
  7. News: 12 May 2020. 더불어시민당, 용혜인·조정훈 제명 의결…기본소득당·시대전환당 복귀. 13 May 2020.
  8. Web site: 국민의힘, 시대전환 흡수 합당…조정훈 합류로 112석 .

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