SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower courts’ acquittal of nine former officials of the Korea Coast Guard, who were all charged with failing to carry out their duty in the rescue operation for the sinking of the Sewol ferry in 2014. The top court said there was no [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Memorial services and events marking the ninth anniversary of the sinking of the Sewol ferry, one of South Korea’s worst maritime disasters, were held across the country Sunday. The Sewol ferry went down in waters off the southwest coast on April 16, 2014. The death toll came to 304, [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans marked the sixth anniversary of a deadly ferry disaster Thursday, remembering the lesson from the incident to firm up their determination to defeat the coronavirus. The Sewol ferry capsized off the country’s western coast near Jindo Island on April 16, 2014, killing 299 passengers, mostly high school [...]
JINDO/MOKPO/ANSAN, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Yellow ribbons tied to a breakwater at the southwestern port of Paengmok wave in the wind, a symbol that commemorates those who died in a deadly ferry sinking in 2014. Their color has somewhat faded with the passage of time, but the port still stands as a pilgrimage site [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The work to dismantle a memorial altar for the victims of the 2014 Sewol ferry accident kicked off at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Monday, five years after the deadly disaster rocked the country. The work was expected to take about four hours, Seoul city said. At the [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A new documentary film on the tragic ferry sinking of 2014 is in the midst of a sensational run at the box office, data showed Friday, as the country marked the fourth anniversary of one of its worst maritime disasters earlier this week. “Intention” became the most-watched political-current affairs documentary film of all time in the country on Thursday, attracting an accumulated audience of 276,474, [...]
MOKPO, South Korea, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Two bone pieces, which officials believe to be of human remains, were discovered in the sunken ferry Sewol on Wednesday as South Korea’s new president, Moon Jae-in, assumed office. Nine of the disaster’s 304 victims have yet to be recovered. The MV Sewol has been at the [...]
SEJONG, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Sewol ferry was raised from the sea Thursday after an overnight salvage operation, some three years after its sinking that resulted in the deaths of 300 people and left nine missing. “The side of the hull is currently some 6 meters above the sea as of 2:00 p.m.,” [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Wednesday that it plans to move forward with the process of raising the Sewol ferry from the bottom of the sea if mild weather conditions continue. “The hull was carefully test lifted up one meter from the sea bottom,” the Ministry of Oceans and [...]
“I send my condolences and words of encouragement to the bereaved families who stayed at the sit-in sites. I feel very sorry that you are still staying here because of this matter that was to be resolved a long time ago.” “I hope this place can be more than a protest site. I hope it [...]