JINDO, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Families of victims of the Sewol ferry disaster returned Friday to the unforgiving sea that swallowed their loved ones seven years ago, a disaster that overturned their lives and left a lasting scar for the nation. Onboard a ship rocking in choppy waters off the southwestern tip of the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The memorial portraits of the hundreds of victims who died on the ill-fated ferry Sewol in 2014 were relocated from a protest site in central Seoul on Sunday, years after they were placed there amid calls for punishment for those responsible for the ferry’s sinking. The association of the [...]
TOKYO, Japan 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In the past 10 years, the number of Japanese high school students who have visited South Korea on school trips has dropped precipitously, with one cause believed to be the complicated relations between the neighboring countries. According to reporting by Mainichi Shimbun, 3,246 Japanese youngsters came to South Korea [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – British rock band Coldplay paid tribute to the victims of the Sewol ferry tragedy, South Korea’s worst maritime disaster to-date, during its recent Seoul concert, according to the concert organizer Monday. In its Sunday concert at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, the band paused during the middle of performing “Yellow,” [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – As the Sewol ferry emerges from the depths three years after a tragedy that shook the nation upside down, the public is once again mourning the victims of what is widely seen as an act of gross negligence. Since the raising of the Sewol began last Wednesday, South Koreans [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Was it a message from the heavens, or just a coincidental natural phenomenon? A ribbon-shaped cloud appeared in the skies of Wonju, Gangwon Province, late Wednesday afternoon as recovery teams began salvaging the sunken passenger ferry MV Sewol almost three years after it capsized – yellow ribbons have been [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s National Assembly will hold the third round of hearings on Wednesday to investigate the corruption and influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and her longtime friend. The session is expected to focus on Park’s alleged inaction and her whereabouts at the time of a deadly ferry disaster [...]
SEONGNAM, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Seongnam city will exhibit a Sewol Ferry miniature, which traveled with protestors who walked for 111 days from Jindo to Gwanghwamun. The protestors walked all the way while bowing every three steps, to call for a more thorough investigation into the tragedy. The 15-meter long and 2.2-meter high miniature [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – What happened on Twitter in South Korea this year? What was most tweeted in 2014? It is reported that the top twitter moment of 2014 in Korea was the Sewol Ferry disaster on April 16. Twitter released its annual list of the tweets that attracted the most attention. According [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A man in his early 50s was arrested for spreading unfounded rumors about the Sewol ferry sinking tragedy online. He posted more than 600 messages including a writing claiming that the drowning of 300 passengers was part of a conspiracy by the Park government. Some of his postings attracted [...]