Progressive Party (South Korea, 1956) and Social liberalism

Clockwise from top:A column of the U.S. 1st Marine Division's infantry and armor moves through Chinese lines during their breakout from the Chosin Reservoir

UN landing at Incheon harbor, starting point of the Battle of Incheon

Korean refugees in front of a U.S. M46 Patton tank

U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, landing at Incheon

F-86 Sabre fighter aircraft

Leonard Hobhouse, one of the originators of social liberalism, notably through his book Liberalism, published in 1911.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, whose New Deal domestic policies defined American liberalism for the middle third of the 20th century

David Lloyd George, who became closely associated with this new liberalism and vigorously supported expanding social welfare

British leaflet from the Liberal Party expressing support for the National Health Insurance Act of 1911 and the legislation provided benefits to sick and unemployed workers, marking a major milestone in the development of social welfare

Short-lived moderate left political party founded after the Korean War in South Korea under the leadership of Cho Bong-am.

- Progressive Party (South Korea, 1956)

South Korea: Progressive Party (1956), Uri Party, Grand Unified Democratic New Party

- Social liberalism

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🇰🇷 South Korea: Progressive Party (1956), Democratic Labor Party

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Social democracy

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Classical liberalism

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