People First Party (South Korea)

People First Party
Leader	Sim Dae-pyung
Founded	2005
Dissolved	2008
Merged into	Liberty Forward Party
Headquarters	Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
Ideology	Liberal Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Green
Website
http://www.mypfp.or.kr/

People First Party
Hangul	국민중심당
Hanja	國民中心黨
Revised Romanization	Gungmin Jungsim-dang
McCune–Reischauer	Kukmin Chungshim-dang

The People First Party (Hangul: 국민중심당; Hanja: 國民中心黨; RR: Gungmin Jungsim-dang; MR: Kungmin Chungsim-dang), was a political party in South Korea, led by Sim Dae-pyung and Shin Kook-hwan. Its profile was center-right conservative. The party was based in the central provinces of Chungcheong. The group absorbed the small opposition United Liberal Democrats also based in the region. It had five seats in the South Korean parliament.

On February 12, 2008,the People's First Party announced that it was merging with the Liberty Forward Party led by Lee Hoi-chang.^[1] Because the new party took the Liberty Forward Party name, the party was essentially dissolved.

References

1. Two Small Conservative Parties Merge, The Korea Times, 12 February 2008