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[Opinion] National Human Rights Commission "Wheelchair Access at Self-Service Gas Stations Must Be Guaranteed"... Expresses Opinion to Ministry of Health and Welfare

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Soo-yeon = The National Human Rights Commission of Korea called on the Minister of Health and Welfare to establish institutional measures to ensure accessibility to self-service gas stations for wheelchair users...

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Soo-yeon = The National Human Rights Commission of Korea called on the Minister of Health and Welfare to establish institutional measures to ensure accessibility to self-service gas stations for wheelchair users...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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With self-service gas stations accounting for more than half of all gas stations nationwide, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC) has issued an opinion stating that guidelines must be established to ensure that people with disabilities can refuel at these stations without inconvenience. The NHRC addressed the Minister of Health and Welfare and the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy regarding the issue of people with disabilit…

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea announced on the 23rd that it has expressed its opinion to the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy that institutional measures should be established to ensure that wheelchair users with disabilities can refuel smoothly at self-service gas stations. According to the Commission, Mr. A, a person with a physical disability who uses a wheelchair, filed a petition …

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea pointed out that measures such as enabling people with disabilities to request assistance from staff should be established so that they can use self-service gas stations without inconvenience.

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한겨레 broke the news on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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