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Disability rights group ends rush hour subway protests after Seoul city councillors pledge mobility support

The Democratic Party caucus of the Seoul Metropolitan Council promised the group that ordinances guaranteeing mobility will be passed.

2026.8.24

Disability rights activists to resume protests in Seoul this week

The group Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination will stage activities downtown on Wednesdays and Thursdays during morning rush hour.

2026.6.30

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Park Kyeong-seok, the head of the disability advocacy group Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD), speaks during a rally held on the platform of Hyehwa Station in downtown Seoul on Tuesday, saying the group will file a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (Nhrck) against the police for his arrest last week. [YONHAP]

Disabled activist files complaint with human rights watchdog over arrest during subway protest

Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) claimed that the arrest was illegal since the police used violence against the group's head, Park Kyeong-seok, and failed to inform him of his Miranda rights.

2023.11.28

Subway protest staged by Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination [Seoul Metro]

Seoul Metro to block disability advocacy group's subway protests

The operator said Thursday it devised three-step measures to block protests at a meeting on Tuesday after disability advocacy group Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) resumed its protest on Monday.

2023.11.23

Police and members of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) clash at City Hall Station, subway line No. 2, in central Seoul on Monday as the group protested on the platform, demanding the government increase spending on welfare and mobility for people with disabilities. [NEWS1]

Disabled advocacy group resumes subway protests after two-month hiatus

A local advocacy group for people with disabilities held morning rush hour protests on the capital’s subways on Monday, urging the government to increase spending on mobility for people with disabilities.

2023.11.20

Subway clash

Members of Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) scuffle with police while attempting to board the subway at Seoul City Hall Station, line No. 2 during a protest on Monday. Trains were delayed 10 to 15 minutes due to the altercation.

2023.9.11

Park Kyoung-seok, head of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination, sits at a platform in Hyehwa Station, line No. 4, on Jan. 5, protesting for a bigger budget to protect the rights of people with disabilities. [NEWS1]

Seoul Metro files damage suit against advocacy group for subway protests

Seoul Metro, the operator of the capital's subways, filed a damage suit against an advocacy group for people with disabilities related to its morning rush hour protests, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Tuesday.

2023.1.10

Park Kyoung-seok, head of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination, speaks during a meeting with reporters in Seoul on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Advocacy group to suspend morning subway protests, asks for meeting with mayor

An advocacy group for people with disabilities said Wednesday it will suspend its morning rush hour subway protest for two weeks and asked for a meeting with Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon.

2023.1.4

Seoul mayor declares 'zero tolerance' for subway protests by disability advocacy group

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.

2022.12.26