Workers' Party of South Korea

The Workers' Party of South Korea was 1946-1949, the Communist Party in South Korea. She went from the (total Korean ) produced Korean Communist Party and led by Pak Hon -yong as chairman.

At the time of establishment, on 23 November 1946, the southern part Chōsens was occupied by Soviet troops by American, the northern part. 1947 decided to be carried out on the entire Korean Peninsula elections, the United Nations General Assembly. The Soviets, however, declined from elections in their sector. Therefore, the elections could be held in May 1948 only in the southern part Chōsens.

The Workers 'Party of South Korea was based on the policy of the Soviet Union and the North Korean Workers' Party of Korea's sister party and rejected the elections also decreases. As of 1947, the party fought in the underground guerrilla tactics against the emerging South Korean government. In 1948 she called for a general strike, but could not prevent the elections in May 1948. In the period following the American occupation forces increased their pressure on the communist underground movement. Leading party members were arrested, the rest fled to the north, from where the underground work was continued in the south. In June 1949, both parties united to form the " Party of Labour of Korea ", whose leader Kim Il-sung was.

• South Korean party
• Communist Party