▲ Activists of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination stage a morning rush hour protest inside Seoul City Hall Station in central Seoul in this Jan. 2, 2026, file photo. (Yonhap)

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Disability rights activists to resume protests in Seoul this week

SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- A disability rights activist group said Tuesday it will resume its subway protests in Seoul this week, following a six-month hiatus.

The Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) said in a press release that the protests will take place during morning rush hours starting Thursday inside Seoul City Hall Station.

SADD urged Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon to reinstate the 400 laid-off workers hired under the city government's rights-centered public jobs program, which was launched in 2020 to provide employment for the severely disabled but was abolished in 2024.

The group will stage a separate protest by boarding buses during the morning rush hour every Wednesday at 8 a.m. in Seoul's central Jongno Ward starting this week.

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