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[Silver Bridge] Volume 2 · Chapter 7 · The elderly woman we met in front of the subway elevator, and the five minutes of waiting

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  1. In front of a Seoul subway elevator, the author saw an elderly woman waiting just over five minutes due to a malfunction, and pointed out the gap between the 99.7% installation rate and reality.
  2. In Korea, of 15,023 cumulative BF certifications, 5,388 are full certifications, and of about 450,000 kiosks, only 466 have accessibility certification; in China, although a law exists, residents' consent is an obstacle.
  3. Jang Hyeong-seok, director of the Korea Disabled People's Development Institute, said barrier-free environments should become everyday normal rather than special consideration, and the article also promotes the author's book.

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[Silver Bridge] Volume 2 · Chapter 7 · The elderly woman we met in front of the subway elevator, and the five minutes of waiting

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [실버 브릿지] 제2권 · 제7장 · 지하철 엘리베이터 앞에서 만난 어르신, 그 5분의 기다림

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