SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on Monday declared “zero tolerance” for rush-hour subway protests by members of a disability advocacy group, pledging to take all possible legal action to stop them from disrupting subway services. Since late last year, the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) has staged subway-riding protests at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A disability advocacy group resumed its rush-hour subway protest campaign Monday calling for a state budget for enhancing disability rights, leaving early morning trains on Subway Line 5 delayed by nearly an hour. Demanding a budget for disability rights, including the right to free movement, dozens of wheelchair-bound activists [...]
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, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A disabled advocacy group decided to resume daily rush-hour subway-riding protests on Thursday, calling upon President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team to come up with more concrete policy suggestions for people with disabilities, officials said. Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) said it will hold protests at Gyeongbokgung Station on Line [...]