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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Sewol Ferry Captain Sentenced to Life in Prison
Pictured above: Lee Joon-seok, captain of the sunken Sewol ferry. (Photo by Park Chul-hong, AP Photo/Yonhap) by HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean ferry captain responsible […]
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 […]
Sewol Moms Urge Aspiring Journalists: “Tell the Truth to Your Generation”
story by JULIE HA photographs by ALEX COREY/EL NUEVO SOL Dressed in yellow jackets, black T-shirts, dark slacks and sneakers, Park Hye-young and Hong Young-mee sat at the head […]
The First Anniversary of the Sewol Ferry Sinking
by COURTNEY LEE courtney@charactermedia.com Today (April 16), South Koreans mark the one-year anniversary of the Sewol ferry sinking, which killed more than 300 passengers–a majority of them high school […]
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 […]
South Korean President Considers Raising the Sunken Sewol Ferry
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korean President Park Geun-hye pledged Monday to consider salvaging the Sewol ferry that sank off Jindo Island last year and killed more […]
South Korea Details Sewol Compensation, Victims’ Parents Shave Heads in Protest
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com As the one year anniversary of the tragic Sewol ferry sinking draws near, the South Korean government has announced that it would pay […]
Danwon High School Homeroom Honors Classmates Lost in Sewol Ferry Tragedy
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com A group of students at Danwon High School recently honored the memory of their lost classmates who were killed in the tragic Sewol […]
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 Ends Sewol Ferry Search Operations
by STEVE HAN Seven months after the Sewol ferry capsized off of Jindo Island, the South Korean government ceased all underwater search operations on Tuesday as the chances of […]
National Assembly Passes Three Sewol Bills
by REERA YOO The National Assembly passed three bills aimed at addressing issues raised by April’s Sewol ferry disaster at a plenary session on Friday, reported Yonhap. Last week, South […]
