'We were never really welcome anywhere': People with disability fighting for rights in Korea
Video by Lee Min-young, Kim Kang-min
Protesters in wheel chairs have been holding daily protests at subway stations during the morning rush hour since December last year, calling for additional public spending on support for people with disabilities.
They have been demanding the allocation of a budget to cover the installation of low-floor wheelchair accessible buses. Building a more inclusive society by granting rights to mobility, education, labor and deinstitutionalization is what they have been fighting for the past 20 years.
However, their protests drew criticism from Lee Jun-seok, the chief of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), who lashed out at the group on social media for holding citizens as"hostages" to get what they want.
The group agreed to temporarily halt its protests in the subway but said their members would continue the rally by shaving their heads one by one every day until April 20.