Jeonjangyeon Suspends Subway Delay Protest... Resumes Dialogue with Seoul City

The National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Jeonjangyeon) has decided to postpone its subway delay protests as it enters into dialogue with the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

On the morning of the 24th, members of the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Disability Discrimination (Jeonjangyeon) are conducting a publicity campaign on the platform of City Hall Station in the Seoul subway. [Image source=Yonhap News]

On the 24th, Jeonjangyeon announced that on the 7th of next month, it will hold a working-level meeting with Kim Sang-han, Director of Welfare Policy at the Seoul Metropolitan Government, to discuss the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. Furthermore, it stated that it will not conduct subway delay protests until the working-level talks take place. On the same day, Jeonjangyeon refrained from subway delay protests and instead held a rally at the east side of Seoul City Hall and conducted promotional activities on the platforms.

The day before, Jeonjangyeon attempted a subway delay protest at City Hall Station on Seoul Subway Line 1. This was the first such protest in 62 days since January 20 at Samgakji Station on Line 4. Additionally, after completing a rally and march on the road east of Seoul City Hall in the afternoon, about 100 disability activists stayed overnight in the waiting room at Exit 5.

Jeonjangyeon initiated the subway delay protests in response to Seoul’s comprehensive survey of deinstitutionalized persons with disabilities, which it claims is effectively targeting Jeonjangyeon. However, it has announced a policy not to conduct subway delay protests on Seoul Subway Line 4 until 'Disability Day' on the 20th of next month.

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