Service on the southbound (Sadang-bound) line of Hyehwa Station on Seoul Subway Line 4 was disrupted on the morning of the 3rd as trains passed through without stopping, due to a subway boarding protest by Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD). Service has now resumed.
According to Seoul Metro, southbound (Sadang-bound) Line 4 trains passed through Hyehwa Station without stopping starting at 8:42 a.m. that morning, and service resumed at around 9:28 a.m. The corporation sent out related safety notification text messages while the trains were passing through without stopping.
SADD staged its "70th We Ride the Morning Commute Subway Together" boarding protest from 8 a.m. that morning, centered on the Dongdaemun-bound platform of Hyehwa Station, calling for a guarantee of the disability rights budget. Participants boarded a train at Hyehwa Station and traveled to Seoul Station, after which they held a rally in front of the Korea Public Finance Information Service in Jung-gu, Seoul, demanding a guarantee of the disability rights budget and the institutionalization of a rights-based public job program.
SADD plans to continue its boarding actions throughout the month of August, ahead of the submission of the 2027 government budget bill to the National Assembly. It will also stage protests on the same section on the 10th, 18th, and 24th.
