SEOUL/BUDAPEST, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40 family members of South Korean victims of the deadly boat sinking in Hungary headed to the eastern European country Friday to receive updates on rescue efforts. Ten family members left first for Hungary at around 1 a.m. Friday, followed by the departure of others. They kept [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven South Koreans died and 19 others went missing after a tourist boat carrying them capsized in a river in the capital of Hungary late Wednesday (local time), the foreign ministry said. A total of 33 Koreans and two Hungarian crew members were on the sightseeing boat amid heavy [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Many South Koreans who previously traveled to Hungary said Thursday a ferry cruise on the Danube River is very popular among tourists visiting its capital Budapest, but they remembered safety measures seemed to be insufficient. They said they don’t remember being offered life jackets or seeing lifeboats during their [...]