In January 2024, state-run company Seoul Metro, operator of the Seoul subway system, filed a damages suit against a disability rights advocacy group, Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination, for disrupting train operations through subway-riding protests. The company filed a lawsuit with the Seoul Central District Court seeking damages of 601.4 million won ($484,000) for train delays and other losses. The subway operator claimed the advocacy group demonstrated 75 illegal subway protests from 3-15 December 2023.
Activists in wheelchairs conducted subway-riding protests during commuter rush hour at major subway stations within Seoul, in efforts to urge government to increase budget for disability rights and provide measures to improve mobility rights.