Progressivism in South Korea
Progressivism () in South Korea is broadly associated with social democracy, cultural progressivism and left-wing nationalism. South Korea's "progressivism" is often used in a similar sense to 'South Korean Left' or 'leftist'. Historically, there have been communist forces, but most of them have been powerless in South Korean politics. History. Section::::"Hyukshinkye". South Korea's early left-wing forces were mainly divided into 'communist' and 'non-communist'. At that time, South Korean non-communist leftists were mainly called Hyukshinkye (). At that time, it was politically oppressed by (Including both centre-right liberal and far-right ultra -conservatives) strong right-wing anti-communists, In particular, the Korean War led to a significant weakening of the power as "Hyukshinkye", South Korea's non-communist leftists, was also driven to be communists. So after the forced dissolution of the Progressive Party led by Cho Bong-am in 1958, it virtually collapsed politically. Of course, progressive parties, including the United Socialist Party led by Kim Chul, continued the tradition of Hyukshinkye, but the power was minimal, and since the 1980s, Hyukshinkye's tradition has been completely cut off as Kim Chul and other key figures have turned pro-military conservatives . PD and NL. The United States remained silent about the massacres in Gwangju by new-military coup forces in the 1980s, and furthermore, the United States approved the Chun Doo-hwan government. This served as an opportunity for some of the democratization movement forces in South Korea to have anti-American sentiment. As a result, some of South Korea's moderate liberals democratization activists gradually accepted socialism and became more left-wing. During this period, the left-wing movement in South Korea was largely divided into () and (). After the collapse of the Cold War in the 1990s, they moderate their  tendencies than in the past to form a political party democratic force. PD was a Western-style leftist, influenced by American liberalism, European socialism and Soviet communism, while NL was a left-wing nationalist who mixed South Korean indigenous ideas, radical reunificationism and social progressivism. PD and NL are political terms that refer to the two pillars of South Korea's progressive camp and are still frequently used today. As of now, the representative PD-affiliated progressive party has the Justice Party, and the representative NL-affiliated progressive party has the Minjung Party. Section::::"Shinjwapa". After the collapse of the Soviet  Union in the 1990s, the New Left movement in Europe and the United States and postmodernist discourse became known, creating a Shinjwapa () in South Korea. They advocate youth rights, LGBT rights and feminism. Currently, South Korea's representative "Shinjwapa" parties include the Green Party and Basic Income Party.