Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front
The Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front (AINDF) (Hangul: 반제민족민주전선 (반제민전); Hanja: 反帝民族民主戰線 (反帝民戰), Panjeminjong Minju Chŏnsŏn) is a banned far-left popular front organization in South Korea.
Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front 반제민족민주전선 Panjeminjong Minju Chŏnsŏn | |
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| Founder | Kim Jong-tae Choi Yong-do |
| Founded | 25 August 1969 (Revolutionary Party for Reunification) 27 July 1985 (National Democratic Front of South Korea) 23 March 2005 (Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front) |
| Headquarters | Seoul (de jure) Pyongyang (de facto) |
| Ideology | Juche Songun |
| Political position | Far-left |
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| http://www.aindft.com/ | |
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| Hangul | 반제민족민주전선 |
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| Hanja | 反帝民族民主戰線 |
| Revised Romanization | Banjeminjong Minju Jeonseon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Panjeminjong Minju Chŏnsŏn |
The AINDF is guided by Juche, the official state ideology of North Korea, aiming to carry out a popular revolution in South Korea, achieve independence by removing the United States Forces Korea, and the reunification of the country. The AINDF is identical in organization to the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, the de jure popular front of North Korea, and has missions in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang (the only ostensibly South Korean organization to) and another in Japan.[1]
The AINDF is banned in South Korea under the National Security Law as a spy group for the Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea, but operates clandestinely within the country and is regarded as a legitimate socialist organization by North Korea.
History
The Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front was officially founded on August 25, 1969 by Kim Jong-tae and Choi Yong-do as the Revolutionary Party for Reunification, with a history dating back to the 1964 formation of a preparatory committee. The party was established during the period of the Third Republic of Korea, an anti-communist military dictatorship under President Park Chung-hee, and both founders were executed along with other leaders of the organization; other members were sentenced to long prison terms. Kim Jong-tae's wife and two children were never seen again.
On July 27, 1985, it renamed itself to the National Democratic Front of South Korea (Hangul: 한국민족민주전선 (한민전)). On March 23, 2005, it adopted the current name Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front.
References
- Recalibrating the U.S.-Republic of Korea alliance. DIANE Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 9781428910706. Retrieved 2015-05-15.