Rights group stages sit-in at Seoul subway station to demand improved access for disabled people

A disability rights activist group resumed a subway boarding protest in Seoul on Tuesday, causing trains to pass Seoul Station without stopping for about an hour. From 8:49 a.m. to 10:12 a.m., northbound trains on Line 4 and southbound trains on Lines 1 and 4 skipped Seoul Station, due to the protest by activists from the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination. While attempting to board a southbound train on Line 4, the activists clashed with officials from Seoul Metro, the train operator,