by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea on Wednesday selected a Chinese-led consortium as the preferred bidder to raise the Sewol ferry that sank in April last year […]
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South Korea Formally Announces Plans to Salvage Sewol Ferry
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea announced on Wednesday that it would attempt to salvage the Sewol ferry that sank last year, killing 304 people, most of […]
President Park and Saenuri Party Snubbed at Sewol Ferry Memorials
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Grief and fury marked the one-year anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster on Thursday, as hundreds of South Koreans mourned for the 304 […]
Audrey Hepburn’s Son to Create ‘Sewol Memorial Forest’ in South Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com As the one-year anniversary of the Sewol ferry sinking approaches, the oldest son of the late Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn plans to create […]
CEO of Sewol Ferry Operator Sentenced to 10 Years
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The Gwangju District Court delivered a 10-year prison sentence to the head of the company that operated the Sewol ferry, which capsized in […]
SKorea Launches Agency to Replace Coast Guard
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com South Korea will launch a new government agency this week to replace the disbanded coast guard as part of President Park Geun-hye’s plans […]
Sewol Ferry Captain Avoids Death Penalty
by STEVE HAN Families of the victims from the South Korean ferry disaster cried in anger as the ship’s captain who failed to carry out proper rescue operations avoided […]
South Korea’s Rival Political Parties Agree to Pass Sewol Ferry Bills
by STEVE HAN South Korea’s two opposing political parties finally reached an agreement to pass three legislative bills Friday in response to April’s maritime disaster, which killed over 300 people […]
Body of Girl in Sunken Ferry Found on Her 18th Birthday
by STEVE HAN Hwang In-yeol and Shin Myeong-sub began sobbing before a birthday cake as they sang “Happy Birthday” to their daughter who has been missing in the cold […]
A Body Found in Sunken Sewol Ferry After Six Months
by STEVE HAN Rescue divers recovered a victim’s body on Tuesday inside a capsized Sewol ferry 195 days since the date of the tragedy off South Korea’s southwestern coast, […]
Sewol Captain Apologizes, Admits He “Deserves Death Penalty” For Ferry Disaster
by JAMES S. KIM The Sewol ferry captain acknowledged in court Wednesday that he failed to make the proper decisions for passengers to evacuate once the ship had run aground, […]
Yoo Byung-eun: The Bizarre Billionaire Figure Tied to the Sewol Disaster
by JAMES S. KIM The story of the search for the mysterious billionaire patriarch blamed for the Sewol disaster is already bizarre enough. The largest manhunt in South Korean history had 10,000 police officers […]
Helicopter Searching for Sewol Victims Crashes, Killing 5 Firefighters
by JULIE HA Just one week away from the 100-day anniversary of the Sewol sinking in South Korea, another ripple of the tragedy occurred. On Thursday, a helicopter carrying […]
Sewol Ferry Disaster To Be Made Into A Film
by JAMES S. KIM A private committee in South Korea is raising funds for a documentary on the Sewol ferry disaster, according to Yonhap News. Director Im Jong-tae announced […]
Despite Previous Accidents, SKorean Ferry Company Failed to Make Safety Changes
by STEVE HAN The company that owned and operated the South Korean ferry Sewol that capsized in April was also responsible for five maritime accidents between 2003 and 2011, including […]
