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  "id": 66351,
  "title": "Subway service briefly disrupted amid disability rights protest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/subway-service-briefly-disrupted-amid-disability-rights-protest",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T01:48:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
    "slug": "yonhap-news",
    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260803003300315"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A disability rights activist group in Seoul briefly disrupted subway service on Monday, occupying the platforms at Noryangjin Station on Line 1 and Hyehwa Station on Line 4. The Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination, many of whom use wheelchairs, demanded that the government allocate a sufficient budget for disabled people next year. In response, northbound trains passed through Noryangjin without stopping from 8:30 a.m. to 9:50 a.m., while southbound trains passed through Hyehwa without stopping from 8:42 a.m. to 9:28 a.m., ensuring passenger safety. The group plans to hold a rally in front of the Korea Institute for Financial Information in central Seoul later in the day. Subway protests will continue every Monday at 8 a.m. at Hyehwa Station until Aug. 24.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Seoul Subway Line 1 operations disrupted due to emergency power line work",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/seoul-subway-line-1-operations-disrupted-due-to-emergency-power-line",
        "published": "2026-08-03T08:44:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}