a more nationalistic nature based on anti-imperialism in matters related to neighboring powers such as the China and Japan. The anti-China Gaehwa Party / Independence Club at the end of the 19th century, and the anti-Japan Korean independence movement during the Japanese colonial era, formed Korea's early liberalism. On the other hand, Korea's conservative elites cooperated with neighboring powers such as China and Japan for practical reasons. In Modern South Korean politics, where socialism and anti-Americanism were thoroughly suppressed, conservatives who conform to the powers and liberals who have resisted Chinese/Japanese imperialism may differ in degree, but paradoxically, both camps have resulted in pro-American tendencies. To this day, South Korean liberals haven't forgiven conservative elites who cooperated with Chinese/Japanese imperialism. South Korean liberals were proud of the history of resisting Park Chung-hee's right-wing dictatorship, who served as an officer during the Japanese Empire. South Korean major liberals mainly criticize mainstream conservatives, clear their heritage during military dictatorship, insist on political reform, supports the foreign policy of reconciliation with North Korea, and eventual reunification of the two countries. They are distinguished from progressives and cultural liberals. Therefore, South Korean some liberals tend to be socially conservative in LGBT rights, Disability rights, abortion and minority rights issues. (The socially conservative tendency of South Korean liberals is not traditional conservatism based on Confucianism, but is more influenced by Christianity, which is part of Western culture.) They also tend to distance themselves from the (Including social democracy) "socialism" or fundamental "left-wing". On the domestic front, they advocated the breaking-up of the monopoly of the large industrial conglomerates known as chaebols. They also proposed the redelegation of investigative powers of the prosecutor's office over to the police, as they viewed them as powerful political tools. History During the colonial period, Marxist historian Paek Nam-un evaluated Silhak as "pioneer of early modern period liberalism," while Ahn Jae-hong, a liberal nationalist, evaluated Silhak and Silhak scholar Jeong Yak-yong as "the origin of late modern period liberalism by presenting elimination of (feudal) class and support for equality". Silhak criticized the existing Confucian conservatism and Sadaejuui, aiming for political reform and pragmatism, and also argued for the superiority of Western science and technology. Some Silhak scholar also believed in Christianity. Korea's first classical liberal and Enlightenmentists party was the Gaehwa Party, which appeared in 1874. They aimed for radical political and social reform, cut off unequal relations with the