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Unified Progressive Party

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Unified Progressive Party

통합진보당
AbbreviationUPP
LeaderLee Jung-hee
Founded5 December 2011
Banned19 December 2014
Political orientationAnti-imperialism
Socialism


The Unified Progressive Party (UPP) is a banned left-wing political party in south Korea. It opposed the U.S. military occupation of Korea and advocated the end of imperialist control of the country. The Constitutional Court banned the party because it shared many of its goals with the DPRK.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Stephen Gowans (2018). Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom: 'The Anti-Communist Police State' (pp. 138–141). [PDF] Montreal: Baraka Books. ISBN 9781771861427 [LG]