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 political party and organization in South Korea.

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.

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 political party 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 Third Republic of Korea period, an anti-communist military dictatorship under President Park Chung-hee, and both founders were executed along with other leaders of the party; other members of the party were sentenced to long prison terms. Kim Jong-tae's wife and two children were never seen again.

On July 27, 1985, the party adopted the name National Democratic Front of South Korea (Hangul: 한국민족민주전선 (한민전)). On March 23, 2005, it adopted the current name Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front.

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Category:1969 establishments in South Korea
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Category:Banned communist parties
Category:Korean nationalist parties
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Category:Popular fronts
Category:Socialist parties in South Korea