SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway system in Seoul, has filed a damages suit against a disability rights advocacy group over its subway-riding protests, city officials said Tuesday. The city-run company filed the suit with the Seoul Central District Court on Friday seeking damages of 601.45 million won [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Monday it will make subway trains not stop at a station if necessary, amid planned subway riding protests by a disabled advocacy group to demand better mobility rights. Demanding measures to improve their rights to free movement and budget for disability rights, the Solidarity [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Police on Monday questioned the head of a disabled advocacy group over daily rush-hour subway riding protests that the group staged to demand better mobility rights. Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) was sued by Seoul Metro on charges of delaying train operations in Seoul on six occasions between January [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A disabled advocacy group caused delays in train operations in Seoul on Thursday morning as it resumed daily rush-hour subway riding protests, slamming policy suggestions by President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team for people with disabilities. Members of Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) staged demonstrations at Gyeongbokgung Station on Line [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team met with leaders of a disabled advocacy group organizing daily rush-hour subway protests and promised to look into their demand for mobility rights. The society, welfare and culture subcommittee members held talks with representatives of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) as [...]