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• South Korea

  Candle Light to Be Rekindled in South Korea with the Oppressed People’s Power

  27 April, by YAMANAKA Karen

  In the South Korean presidential election conducted on March 9, Yun Seok-yeol of the conservative opposition party “People Power Party (PPP)” won over Lee Jae-myung of the progressive ruling party "Democratic Party of Korea (DPK)” by a narrow margin of 240,000 votes. The vote percentages for the (...)

• South Korea

  South Korea: Wheelchair Users Block the Seoul Subway as the Right Takes Power

  20 April, by CHOI Lee Hyun

  The hostility of the conservative party has pushed the disability-rights movement to the center of a larger fight for minority groups in South Korea.
  SEOUL—April 15 marked the 91^st day of a dramatic confrontation at Hyehwa station in the middle of the South Korean capital. Disability rights (...)