The parent of a South Korean ferry victim reportedly filed a lawsuit seeking damages from the government and the vessel’s owners, marking the first litigation move by any of the family members of […]
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Emotions Run High at First Day of Trial For SKorean Ferry Captain, Crew
The trial for the Sewol ferry captain and crew members facing charges ranging from murder to negligence began today, even as search operations to find the remaining 12 bodies were still underway. […]
Second Diver Dies in SKorean Ferry Search Operation
A civilian diver searching for bodies of the missing in the South Korean ferry disaster died Friday, according to officials. Lee Min-sub, 46, is the second casualty among divers […]
French Police Arrest Daughter Of Cult Compound Linked To Ferry Disaster
by STEVE HAN The daughter of a South Korean religious cult compound who allegedly owns the ferry was found and arrested Tuesday in France, according to local police. Yoo […]
Authorities Search Cult Compound Seeking Leader Linked to Ferry Disaster
by STEVE HAN Authorities in South Korea are searching the compound of a religious cult seeking the arrest of the three men in charge of the company that operated the […]
Ferry Report: Sewol Exceeded Cargo Limit On Nearly Every Voyage It Made
Photo via USA Today Adding to the list of dangerous procedures and oversights factoring into to the tragic sinking of South Korean ferry Sewol, it has been revealed that the vessel was routinely […]
Distraught Families of Ferry’s Missing Confront Officials
A girl pays tribute to the victims of the sunken ferry, Sewol, at a temporary memorial at the auditorium of the Olympic Memorial Museum in Ansan, south of Seoul. […]
Vice Principal Rescued From SKorean Ferry Found Hanged
Rescue workers install floats where the capsized passenger ferry sank in the sea off Jindo island. Photo via Reuters/Yonhap The South Korean ferry tragedy, from which over 260 people are […]
SKorean Ferry Carrying 477 Sinks, 2 Reported Dead
Image via Reuters This story has updated figures, according to the latest news reports. A South Korean ferry carrying 477 people, most of them high school students, sank off the southern coast […]