The Democratic Justice Party (DJP) was the ruling party of South Korea from 1980 to 1998. It was formed in 1980 as the Democratic Republican Party and was the political vehicle for Chun Doo-hwan.When 1979 Park Chung-hee’s assassination Chun Doo-hwan of the party created it the ‘Democratic Justice Party’ in 1980. Even though a less authoritarian constitution was enacted that year the political system was rigged heavily in favor of the DJP.
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