The Korean National party(Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

n:한국국민당, hanja

Hanja

Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...

:韓國國民黨, KNP) is a conservative and republican political party in South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. Successor of Democratic-Republican Party, their was Ruling Party of 1962 - 1980. their major rivals Party of Democratic Justice Party

Democratic Justice Party

The Democratic Justice Party was the ruling party of South Korea from 1980 to 1990.It was formed in 1980 as the Democratic Republican Party and was the political vehicle for Chun Doo-hwan....

. Its Korean name, 'Hangukkukmin', has a double meaning as "Korean Peolpe." renamed of New Democratic-Repulbican Party, by 1987.
Four parties fielded candidates to run for president: Chun for the Democratic Justice Party (DJP), Yu Ch'i-song of the Democratic Korea
Party (DKP), Kim Chong of the Korean National Party (KNP), and Kim Ui-t'aek of the Civil Rights Party (CRP).