Many of South Korea’s disabled people have staged protests at some of Seoul’s busiest underground metro stations since late 2021. They have called for more significant financing for mobility provisions, such as installing elevators in all metro stations and increasing the number of low-floor buses to make them more accessible for wheelchair users. 

But some prominent members of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) have shown little sympathy for the activists’ cause, referring some of them to prosecutors for delaying subway service during peak hours.