Communist Party of South korea

The Communist Party of South korea is a communist political party in south korea. The party was formed on 30 April 1960 claiming successor to Workers' Party of South Korea, criticizing North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea for their worship on their leaders. Following the 2020 South Korean legislative election, the party lost 10 seats, becoming the 3rd largest party in the National Assembly, with 55 MPs.

Foundation and policies
On 30 April 1960 two communist organizations merged, Movement for Workers' Party (노동자당운동) founded by the trade unionist Heo Sun-jin and Democratic Revolutionary People's party (민주혁명인민당). The new party was called the Communist Party of South korea (남한공산당). However, under the dictatorship of Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan, the party remained illegal until the democratization in 1991.