between the Seoul Metropolitan Government and human rights groups for the disabled intensified, including the Seoul Transportation Corporation filing a lawsuit seeking compensation for damages in response to the subway protests, and in early 2023, it passed through, without stopping at subway stations where protests were expected without stopping. On the other hand, only 0.8% of the budget requested by the disabled human rights group was reflected in the 2023 budget in the end, and the budget allocated to operating costs for the special transportation for the disabled (taxis for the disabled), additional projects, activity support services, and de-institutionalization projects were not increased from the original budget.181) In the end, the human rights group for the disabled announced a policy to resume the subway protests in Jan. 2023. In response, the mayor of Seoul announced on Dec. 26 that he would respond with a “zero-tolerance policy.” As of the end of 2022, it is known that several civil and criminal lawsuits and investigations are underway, and this problem is expected to continue in 2023 as the Seoul Metropolitan Government did not accept the Seoul Central District Court's compulsory mediation plan.182) B) Differing Opinions Surrounding the Budget for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Deinstitutionalization The budget for the rights of persons with disabilities is a budget used for the projects to guarantee the rights of persons with disabilities, such as the right to move, right to education, right to work, and deinstitutionalization. The human rights group for the persons with disability that led the subway protests demanded an increase in the budget for the rights of the disabled in 2023, specifically, budget for expanding subsidies for the introduction of low-floor buses, the introduction of special transportation means (taxis for the disabled), support for the disabled, and self-sufficiency support services for the disabled, etc. 181) Kyunghyang Shinmun, Why is SADD protesting? Only a small increase in the budget for the rights of persons with disabilities, Jan. 3, 2023. 182) On Dec. 19, the Seoul Central District Court recommended SADD to pay 5 million won to the Seoul Transportation Corporation for every 5-minute of train delay, and advised the Seoul Transportation Corporation to install elevators in 19 stations where elevator circulation has not been secured by 2024. 71