Centrist reformism (Korean: 중도개혁주의;Hanja: 中道改革主義;RR: Jungdogaehyeokjuui) is a South Korean political ideology. It is part of South Korea'scentrist tradition.
In international standards, centrist reformism can be seen asconservative liberalism and/orliberal conservatism.
The first party to putJungdogaehyeok as its main ideology thePeace Democratic Party, aliberal party led byKim Dae-jung in 1987. When theNational Congress for New Politics was founded in 1995, it emphasized "moderate conservatives" (Korean: 온건 보수;Hanja: 穩健保守) more thanJungdogaehyeok to gain more support from conservatives.[1] However, since thesocial liberalRoh Moo-hyun government, the term has not been used frequently for some time.
In 2016,People Party officially put forwardJungdogaehyeok as its main ideology.[2]