A disability rights advocacy group ended its subway-riding protests in Seoul on Monday after reaching a compromise with ruling party members and the DPK Seoul city chapter. The Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination said the deal includes a pledge to pass two ordinances at the upcoming Seoul city council plenary session. The group had staged 73 rush-hour protests since Dec. 3, 2021, to demand greater rights and mobility for people with disabilities.
Representatives of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination, the Democratic Party of Korea of the Seoul Metropolitan Council and the ruling party's Seoul city chapter hold a news conference at the council building in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap
A disability rights advocacy group announced Monday it would completely halt its subway-riding protests, which have been frequently staged in Seoul to call for increased government spending for people with disabilities and their mobility rights.
The announcement from the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) came after the group met with the ruling party members of the Seoul Metropolitan Council and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) Seoul city chapter to declare a "grand social compromise" aimed at guaranteeing the rights of people with disabilities.
