Namsan Tower is colored purple April 20th Disabled People's Day, 11 landmarks nationwide, and purple lighting performance to improve disability awareness #WeThe15

Apr 17, 2025

Namsan Tower is colored purple April 20th Disabled People's Day, 11 landmarks nationwide, and purple lighting performance to improve disability awareness WeThe15
photo courtesy of the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled



The Korea Sports Association for the Disabled will hold a #WeThe15 Purple Light Up event at 11 landmarks nationwide from April 18 to 20 to mark Disabled People's Day.

#The WeThe15 campaign is a global movement to improve awareness of the disabled, led by international organizations such as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the UN at the Tokyo Paralympic Games site in 2021. The campaign is a global human rights movement that calls for improved awareness of 1.2 billion people with disabilities, or 15% of the world's population, and calls for equal social participation, and aims to eliminate prejudice and prejudice so that they can demonstrate their talents and participate in social activities on par with those with disabilities and non-disabled people.

The 'Purple Lighting' event is a global performance that uses purple, which symbolizes the disabled, to light up the outer walls of landmarks across the country or transmit promotional videos to outdoor electronic boards to urge interest in improving awareness of the disabled and to declare their willingness to participate in #WeThe15. The Korean Sports Association for the Disabled has been lighting purple lights on landmarks across the country for four years since it began the event for the first time in Korea in 2022.




A total of 11 organizations will participate in the #WeThe15 purple lighting event this year, including six in Seoul (World Cup Bridge, Seoullo 7017, Namsan Seoul Tower, Sebit Island, Mangwoo Historical Culture Park, Haengju Bridge), three in Gwangju (Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall, Sajik Park Observatory Tower, May 18 Memorial Park), one in Busan (Gwangan Bridge), and one in Jeju (Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Sports Association for the Disabled). The lighting event will be held from the 18th to 7 p.m. on the 21st.

Meanwhile, the Korean Sports Council for the Disabled will also hold an SNS relay event in connection with the #WeThe15 campaign for the entire nation. Details can be found on the SNS (Instagram and blog) of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.