National Association (South Korea)
1946–1960 political party in South Korea
The National Association (Korean: 국민회; Hanja: 國民會) was a political party in South Korea. This political party advocated accelerating the national independence, opposing trusteeship, and rejecting the division along the 38th parallel.
History
Syngman Rhee established the Central Committee for the Rapid Realisation of Korean Independence in October 1945, shortly after he had returned from exile. As a result of widespread opposition to the Moscow Conference, the Committee gained the backing of the leaders of the provisional government and several political parties, including the Korea Democratic Party, the Korean Independence Party and a faction of the Communist Party.
The Communist Party faction later withdrew its support, but the others involved formed the Central Council for the Rapid Realization of Korean Independence (CCRRKI) on 8 February 1946. The new party opposed the proposed trusteeship, but when Rhee called for separate elections to be held in South Korea, President Kim Ku and others left the party. In the 1948 elections it won 55 of the 200 seats, emerging as the largest party.
The party was subsequently renamed the "National Association". In the 1950 elections it was reduced to 14 seats, finishing third behind the Democratic Nationalist Party and the Korea Nationalist Party. In 1951 Rhee established the Liberal Party.
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