Critics doubt sincerity of Seoul Mayor’s ‘wheelchair experience’ pledge
Social affairsSept 3, 2018
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s latest pledge -- to spend a day in a wheelchair to experience the difficulties disabled people face in using public transportation -- is raising eyebrows among the people with disabilities in Seoul. Park’s latest pledge announced on Sunday is the mayor’s second attempt to “understand” the lives of socially vulnerable, following a monthlong stay in a rooftop apartment in an impoverished Seoul neighborhood. Even his first attempt was criticized by some, who viewed Par