Disabled activists' protest temporarily disrupts Yongsan Station
A disability rights advocacy group staged a surprise "subway-riding" protest at two subway stations in Seoul on Monday, temporarily disrupting operations at one of the stations. The protest by members of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination began at Yongsan Station on Subway Line 1 and Hyehwa Station on Subway Line 4 at 8 a.m., calling for increased government spending for people with…
Disability rights activists staged a protest on Monday that briefly disrupted subway operations at two stations in Seoul. The Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination group began their demonstration at Yongsan Station on Subway Line 1 at 8 a.m. Their goal was to push for more government funding for disabled individuals and their mobility rights in the upcoming budget.
Members of the group repeatedly boarded and disembarked from trains, or deliberately took longer than necessary to board. In response, KORAIL, the train operator, instructed northbound trains headed to downtown Seoul to bypass Yongsan Station for approximately two hours, starting at 8:10 a.m. This action inconvenienced many commuters who were delayed by the altered train schedules.
Hyehwa Station on Subway Line 4 saw normal operations resume around 9 a.m. once all activists had left the station via train. The activists had vowed to continue their weekly protests at Hyehwa Station every Monday until August 24. Earlier, they had also staged a protest at Noryangjin Station on Subway Line 1 in the southern part of Seoul.
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