New Choice

New Choice
새로운선택
LeaderKeum Tae-sup
Cho Seong-ju
General SecretaryJeong Ho-hee
FoundedDecember 11, 2023 (2023-12-11)
DissolvedApril 23, 2024 (2024-04-23)
Split fromDemocratic Party of Korea
People Power Party
Justice Party
Merged intoReform Party
HeadquartersRoom 808, Geukdong VIP Building, 15-1 Gukhoe-daero 70-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
Membership6,836
IdeologyCentrist reformism
Big tent
Factions:
Social liberalism
Political positionCentre
Colours  Mint
  Blue
  Pink
Slogan성숙한 대한민국을 만드는 중도 대연합 정당
('A moderate grand coalition party creating a mature Republic of Korea')
Website
www.newparty.kr (archived)
Korean name
Hangul
새로운선택
RRSaeroun seontaek
MRSaeroun sŏnt'aek

New Choice (Korean: 새로운선택) was a South Korean political party founded around Keum Tae-sup, who left the Democratic Party of Korea in 2023. On 9 February 2024, the party announced a merger with Lee Jun-seok's Reform Party. Candidates for the New Choice Party ran under the Reform Party banner in the 2024 South Korean legislative election, and the formal merger process was completed after the election.

History

In December 2023 Keum Tae-sup, Cho Seong-ju, Ryu Ho-jeong and others from the Third Power group, who were critical of both the Democratic Party and the People Power Party founded the party. Their aim was to create a "third way" political party that included both progressive and conservative reformers. Keum Tae-sup and Cho Seong-ju were elected as co-chairs of the party. Ryu Ho-jeong joined the party but remained in the Justice Party to encourage others to join the new political project and to prevent the loss of her proportional representation seat in the National Assembly. Keum Tae-sup said the party wanted to gain 30 seats in the 2024 South Korean legislative election.

In some party material on YouTube a cartoon character appeared, first in the video titled "탄핵 중독, 치료법이 있다" (Impeachment Addiction: There Is a Cure) and subsequently appeared in later videos too.

References

  1. ↑ "중앙당 등록 공고(새로운선택)" (in Korean). National Election Commission.
  2. ↑ "정당 합당신고 공고(흡수합당) - 개혁신당" (in Korean). National Election Commission.
  3. ↑ 자료공간 | 선거/법규/정당 | 자료공간 | 중앙선거관리위원회. www.nec.go.kr (in Korean).
  4. ↑ "금태섭 신당·류호정 '새로운선택' 합당…"양당 독점 타파"". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). Retrieved 24 August 2026. 금태섭 전 의원이 이끄는 '새로운선택'과 정의당 내 의견그룹인 '세번째권력'(공동대표 의원 류호정·조성주)이 새로운 정당을 함께 만들기로 합의했다. 이들은 합리적 진보와 개혁적 보수가 함께하는 제3지대 연합정당을 지향한다고 밝혔다.
  5. ↑ "New Party Proposes Mandatory Military Duty for Both Men, Women". KBS World. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2026. A new political party launched by former main opposition Democratic Party(DP) lawmaker Keum Tae-sup and incumbent minor Justice Party Rep. Ryu Ho-jeong has proposed mandatory military service for both men and women...
  6. ↑ Nam, Sang-Hyun (2023-12-11). "New party launched by opposition parties' lawmakers | Yonhap News Agency". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  7. ↑ 제3지대 4개 세력, 합당...당명 '개혁신당' , 대표 이준석·이낙연
  8. 1 2 한혜원기자 (2026-08-23). "'제3지대' 새로운선택-세번째권력, 신당 창당 선언(종합)".
  9. ↑ "박수치는 금태섭-조성주 공동대표". 2026-08-23.
  10. ↑ 현예슬,조수진 (2023-12-17). "금태섭, 신당 '새로운선택' 창당…"내년 총선서 30석 얻겠다"". 중앙일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  11. ↑ "📌새로운선택 정책 몰아보기📌 - 한지원의 정책살롱". YouTube. Retrieved 2026-09-15.