Korean Socialist Party
The Korean Socialist Party (Korean: 한인사회당) 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 (대한신민단; 大韓新民團) 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.
Korean Socialist Party | |
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| Founder | Yi Dong-hwi |
| Founded | May 11, 1918 |
| Dissolved | January, 1921 |
| Merger of | Korean Democratic Corps |
| Succeeded by | Korean Communist Party |
| Headquarters | Kalinina 18, Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Russia |
| Newspaper | Jayujong |
| Armed wing | Korean Red Guards Korean Democratic Corps |
| Ideology | Socialism Left wing nationalism |
| International affiliation | Comintern |
| Korean Socialist Party | |||||||
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| Hangul | 한인사회당 | ||||||
| Hanja | 韓人社會黨 | ||||||
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| Russian | Корейская социалистическая партия | ||||||
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.
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