A Small Victory for South Korea's Disability Rights

On a cold winter eveningin 2012, Lee Hyung-sook came out to Gwanghwamun, a historic square in central Seoul, to catch the attention of then-candidate Park Geun-hye. Lee uses a wheelchair to get around and is officially classified as “level 1,” a grade applied to the most severely handicapped South Koreans. Lee came to the campaign event holding signs calling for better rights for the disabled, a cause Park publicly supported. Then, much to Lee’s shock, she was violently set upon by Park suppor