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Bareun Party 바른정당
Leader	Yoo Seong-min
Floor leader	Oh Sin-hwan
Secretary General	Kim Sung-dong
Chairman of the Policy Planning Committee	Ji Sang-wook
Founded	27 December 2016 (2016-12-27) (as a parliamentary group) 25 January 2017 (2017-01-25) (as a political party)
Dissolved	13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)[1]
Split from	Saenuri Party
Merged into	Bareunmirae Party
Ideology	Conservatism (South Korean)[2] Moderate conservatism
Political position	Centre-right[3] Faction: Right-wing[2]
Colors	Sky Blue[4]
Party flag
Website
bareun.party
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The Bareun Party (Korean: 바른정당; Hanja: 바른政黨, lit. 'Righteous Political Party') was a conservative^[2][5][6] political party in South Korea, announced on 27 December 2016 with the defection of 29 anti-Park Saenuri Party lawmakers. It was known as the Conservative New Party for Reform until 8 January 2017.^[7]

The party was formed amidst a faction feud in the Liberty Korea Party (then Saenuri Party) involving pro and anti-Park Geun-hye forces.^[8] The party began as a parliamentary negotiation body that split from the Saenuri Party in December 2016, and became a party in January 2017.^[8]

In January 2018, the party's leader, along with the People's Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo, announced their plans to merge the two parties, in an effort to bolster the two party's parliamentary standing ahead of local elections in June.^[9]

The merger faces opposition from members of both parties, citing concerns over differences in ideology and policy, particularly over differing stances on dealing with North Korea.^[9] Nevertheless, the party approved the merger plans on 5 February 2018.^[10] The merger is expected to be finalized on February 13.^[11]

During its existence, the party suffered from a spate of defections.

By April 2017, the party had already lost 14 lawmakers.^[12]

In May, a week before the presidential election, 13 lawmakers affiliated with the party announced their decision to defect and return to the LKP.^[12] The decision came after the party's presidential candidate, Yoo Seong-min, declined to join forces with LKP's Hong Joon-pyo and PP's Ahn Cheol-soo and field a single presidential candidate.^[12] The defection left the party with just 19 seats in the National Assembly, one short of the 20 required for a political party to be recognized as a negotiating body.^[12]

Ahead of a leadership contest in November 2017, an additional eight lawmakers defected, and rejoined the LKP.^[13] The eight lawmakers were later joined by the party's floor leader, Joo-Ho-young.^[14]

On 9 January 2018, lawmaker Kim Se-yeon,^[15] Gyeonggi Province Governor Nam Kyung-pil,^[16] and lawmaker Park In-sook^[16] defected from the party, all of whom rejoined the LKP.^[16]

• Impeachment of Park Geun-hye