Democratic Party of Korea

Japanese: 韓国民主党 - かんこくみんしゅとう

…During that time, he advocated the movement to establish a private university. After liberation, he united right-wing forces with Kim Seong-soo and others to form the Democratic Party of Korea, and served as its chief general secretary. He was assassinated by opponents because he supported this as a transitional measure on the issue of the trusteeship of Korea. …

From the Republic of Korea

...The ruling party was characterized by being founded by the president and disintegrating when the government collapsed. The ruling party during the Syngman Rhee administration was initially the Korean National Association for Promoting Independence, a direct descendant of Syngman Rhee, and was joined by the Democratic Party of Korea, based on landlords and the propertied classes, as a quasi-ruling party, but the latter later became the opposition party, and the Liberal Party was formed in 1951 with the former at its core. After the April Revolution in 1960, the Chang Myon administration saw the Democratic Party, which had been the opposition party during the Rhee administration, become the ruling party, but this was short-lived, and the new ruling party, the Democratic Republican Party, was founded under the Park Chung-hee administration.

From Dong-A Ilbo

...It was republished in December 1945 after liberation. As a newspaper affiliated with the Democratic Party of Korea led by Kim and Song, it took a right-wing stance. During the administrations of Syngman Rhee and Park Chung-hee, it was close to the opposition party. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Democratic Party of Korea is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その間，民立大学期成運動等を提唱。解放後金性洙らと右派勢力を糾合して韓国民主党を結成し，同党首席総務。朝鮮信託統治問題でこれを過渡的措置として支持したため，反対派に暗殺された。…

【大韓民国】より

…与党は大統領によって創立され，政権の崩壊とともに解体する特徴をもっていた。李承晩政権時代の与党は，当初は李承晩直系の大韓独立促成国民会で，これに地主･有産階級を基盤とする韓国民主党が準与党として加わっていたが，後者はその後野党化し，前者を中心に1951年に自由党が結成された。60年の四月革命後の張勉政権では，李政権時代の野党であった民主党が与党となったが短命に終わり，朴正熙政権下で新与党として民主共和党が創立された。…