South Korea: ‘Protesting for 20 years and still no equal rights’
Disability rights activists are disrupting rush hour in Seoul’s subway stations to demand better access. …
The installation of lifts at all stations, and how quickly that will happen, is one of the key sticking points in negotiations. Currently, only 19 out of 275 stations in the city (7%) are without lift access, according to Seoul Metro. This compares favourably to London’s Underground, where 69% of the stations are inaccessible. In New York, it’s 71%.
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