In Canada, the left is split between the Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party. The party woes facing New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), the latest manifestation of a liberal-progressive party in South Korea, are nothing new. Factional strife between the left’s “three Kims” (Kim Jong-pil, Kim Dae-jung, and Kim Young-sam) further complicated things for liberal party politics in the early 1990s. The intense intra-party strife during Roh Moo-hyun’s presidency (2003-2008), which resulted in a liberal party split during his tenure, eventually led to an (unsuccessful) impeachment of Roh by former supporters. On Wednesday, the former governor of South Jeolla province, Park Jun-young, and an assemblyman, Park Ju-seon (a liberal party defector), appeared on Gwangju local television to debate the notion of starting a new (Honam) party.