{"id":2203892,"date":"2024-02-21T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2203892"},"modified":"2024-02-20T15:59:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T06:59:11","slug":"south-koreas-big-tent-coalition-collapses-over-irreconcilable-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/02\/south-koreas-big-tent-coalition-collapses-over-irreconcilable-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s big tent coalition collapses over irreconcilable differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Reform Party (NRP), a broad coalition formed to challenge South Korea\u2019s two dominant political parties in the upcoming April parliamentary elections, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yna.co.kr\/view\/AKR20240220075200001?section=election2024\/news&amp;site=major_news01\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">collapsed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Tuesday, 11 days after its creation. Disagreements over election strategy and policy direction between co-leaders Lee Nak-yon, a former prime minister and former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), and Lee Jun-seok, a former leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), led to the dissolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee Nak-yon has since <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yna.co.kr\/view\/AKR20240220061352001?section=election2024\/news&amp;site=major_news01_related\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> his intent to revert to leading his newly established New Future Party. This development throws a wrench into the plans of South Korea\u2019s minor third parties to present a united front against the entrenched ruling and main opposition parties. Before its dissolution, the NRP was the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikbc.co.kr\/article\/view\/kbc202402130062\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">third most popular<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the country less than a week after its establishment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The abrupt collapse of the NRP not only derails the momentum for a centrist alternative in the imminent parliamentary elections but also highlights the steep hurdles in aligning diverse political ideologies under a single banner in South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from the ideological clash and the different temperaments between Lee Nak-yon and Lee Jun-seok, internal debates over accepting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hankyung.com\/article\/2024021818017\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bae Bok-joo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a party member likely led to significant disagreements between the former co-leaders. Bae, a former vice chairperson of the left-leaning Justice Party and disability rights activist, previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.newsis.com\/view.html?ar_id=NISX20220405_0001821408\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accused<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lee Jun-seok of being an \u201cableist.\u201d Lee Jun-seok <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/02\/the-ongoing-battle-between-seoul-and-disabled-citizens-over-better-metro-access\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">posted daily messages<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> critical of a disability advocacy group for days on his social media accounts in 2022 over the group\u2019s rush-hour protests in Seoul\u2019s metro stations. Lee Nak-yon stated that Lee Jun-seok attempted to unilaterally determine the party\u2019s election strategy and aimed to ultimately \u201cerase\u201d him and other DP defectors from the party, an argument that Lee Jun-seok refuted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NRP\u2019s split alongside National Assembly Deputy Speaker Kim Young-joo\u2019s Monday <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.kbs.co.kr\/news\/pc\/view\/view.do?ncd=7893554\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announcement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of her decision to leave the DP may further fragment the various opposition blocs. The most recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallup.co.kr\/gallupdb\/reportContent.asp?seqNo=1457\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gallup Korea poll<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> indicates that public support for the PPP and the DP are at 37% and 31%, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/domestic-politics\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Domestic Politics<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Reform Party (NRP), a broad coalition formed to challenge South Korea\u2019s two dominant political parties in the upcoming April parliamentary elections, collapsed on Tuesday, 11 days after its creation. 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