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Tag: tragedy
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 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 […]
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 […]
Ladies’ Code’s Road Manager Sentenced to Prison
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Ladies’ Code’s former road manager, Mr. Park, has been sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison for speeding and causing the […]
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 […]
K-pop Concert Planner Found Dead in Apparent Suicide After 16 Die
KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man involved in planning an outdoor pop concert where 16 people were killed after falling through a ventilation grate […]
16 Dead After Ventilation Grate Collapses at K-pop Concert
KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Sixteen people watching an outdoor pop concert in South Korea fell 20 meters (60 feet) to their deaths Friday when […]
2 SKorean Soldiers Die In Anti-Captivity Training
by STEVE HAN Two South Korean soldiers died in training Tuesday, presumably due to suffocation as they were preparing for capture by the enemy, according to military officials. The […]
Survivors, Victims’ Families of Sewol Tragedy to Meet With Pope Francis on Friday
by TONY KIM A group of 10 Sewol ferry survivors and victims’ relatives will be meeting privately with Pope Francis during his much publicized trip to South Korea, their representatives […]
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 […]
Student Survivors From Sewol Tragedy Demand Independent Inquiry
by TONY KIM About 30 Danwon High School student survivors of the Sewol tragedy marched 25 miles to Seoul’s National Assembly building from their classrooms to urge parliament to […]
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 […]
SKorean Artists Try to Carry Out the Dreams of the Young Sewol Victims Posthumously
by HAEIN JUNG Of the 325 high school students aboard the Sewol ferry that sank off the Korean coast in April, only 75 survived. With the deaths of these […]
Hawaii Husband-and-Wife Team With Unique Diving Expertise to Search for Sewol Victims
by TONY KIM A husband-and-wife team from Hawaii with expertise on revolutionary diving equipment will be joining the search efforts for the still missing bodies of the Sewol ferry […]
