KÉ Interview: A Disabled Person’s Day Is 12 Hours Long, Not 24

Hong Yunhui’s 12-year-old daughter has never been able to walk on her own, having in infancy suffered spinal cancer that left her permanently disabled. Her lack of mobility has made every day a challenge for mother and daughter. Once, while transferring through Wangsimni, a labyrinthine mega-station in Seoul with four intersecting train lines, Hong carried Jimin (pseudonym) to the bottom of a staircase, then left her sitting on the floor while she walked back up to retrieve her daughter’s wheel