Jeonjangyeon Resumes Subway Delay Protest After 62 Days
The National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Jeonjangyeon) has resumed subway delay protests.
![On the morning of the 23rd, members of the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Jeonjangyeon) held a press conference at Seoul City Hall Station, demanding budgets for disability rights, and attempted to board the subway, clashing with police and Seoul Metro officials. [Image source=Yonhap News]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2023032310060563973_1679533564.jpg)
On the morning of the 23rd, members of the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Jeonjangyeon) held a press conference at Seoul City Hall Station, demanding budgets for disability rights, and attempted to board the subway, clashing with police and Seoul Metro officials. [Image source=Yonhap News]
View original imageOn the 23rd, about 10 disability activists affiliated with Jeonjangyeon held a press conference around 8 a.m. at the 10-4 platform on the upward line of Seoul Subway Line 1 at City Hall Station and conducted a subway delay protest. This delay protest by Jeonjangyeon is the first in 62 days since the one held at Samgakji Station on January 20.
However, they failed to board due to obstruction by the police and subway security guards. On that day, the police and Seoul Metro deployed 120 officers and 55 subway security guards respectively on the platform. During the morning rush hour when Lines 1 and 2 run, disability activists, police, subway security guards, reporters, and citizens became entangled, causing train operations to be delayed by about 2 to 3 minutes.
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Jeonjangyeon defined Seoul City's comprehensive survey of deinstitutionalized persons with disabilities and independent living housing survey as targeted investigations against Jeonjangyeon and decided to hold protests at City Hall Station. In addition, around 11 a.m. that day, they planned to hold the launch ceremony of the 'Seoul City 420 Joint Struggle Group for the Elimination of Disability Discrimination' at the City Hall Station platform and conduct a 1-night, 2-day sit-in protest. However, regarding the budget for disability rights, they decided to postpone subway delay protests on Line 4, where the struggle is ongoing, until the 20th of next month.
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