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Article: VISUALLY IMPAIRED MASSEURS PROTEST OPENING TRADE TO ALL.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- June 9, 2006
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Byline: Burt Herman Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea -- Banging their red-and-white canes on the ground, dozens of visually impaired South Koreans are protesting daily under a bridge in Seoul against a court decision they say robs them of one of the few ways they can make a living: working as masseurs.
In a decision last month, the Constitutional Court ruled that a law granting massage licenses only to the visually impaired was discriminatory against others who wanted to practice the trade.
The decision legalizes all massage parlors, and visually impaired masseurs fear the competition will drive them out of business.
The May 25 ...