B. Main Topics 1) Protests to Secure Budget for the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities and Deinstitutionalization A) Subway Protests and the Budget For the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2022 Demonstrations on the subway in Seoul demanding an increase in the budget and enactment of laws to guarantee the rights of the disabled have continued for more than a year since Dec. 2021, and many people became aware of the budget for the disability rights and policies. As the representative of the human rights group for the disabled (Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination, SADD) and the ruling party held an open discussion, the meaning of “deinstitutionalization,” which was unfamiliar to the public at the time, and related issues became known. The key demands of human rights organizations for the disabled are guaranteeing the right to move for the disabled, support for deinstitutionalization of the disabled, guaranteeing education for the disabled, and reflection in the budget. In particular, the central and local governments are requesting an increase of the budget for the disabled. They argue that people with disabilities are being discriminated on right to move, and as a citizen, they are protesting against the inequality by peacefully holding a subway ride demonstration. However, As protests on subway rides during commuting hours continued for more than a year, the media focused on the legitimacy of the protest method180) and various inconveniences that citizens experienced on their way to work, and there was a controversy related to this, and this issue has become a case of special interest in 2022, with some opinions being raised about the need to shed light on the reason why they had no choice but to choose the method of subway protests. As the second half progressed, the confrontation 180) The Korea Association of the Persons with Physically Disabilities and the Korea Differently Abled Federation each released statements in Mar. 2022. Both organizations urged in common to guarantee the right to move for the disabled, but the Korea Association of the Persons with Physically Disabilities expressed their view that demonstrations that the public can understand are necessary because the subway protests damage the image of the disabled in an overly radical way, but the Korea Differently Abled Federation expressed their view to the effect that demonstrations inherently cause inconvenience to the majority and that it is unfair to point out only the method of demonstrations. 70