All posts tagged "captain"

  • Lee Joon-seok
    Sunken ferry captain gets life imprisonment for murder

    GWANGJU, April 28 (Yonhap) — The captain of the sunken ferry Sewol was sentenced to a life term for murder at an appeals court here Tuesday. Overturning a lower court ruling that acquitted Lee Joon-seok of murder,...

    • Posted April 28, 2015
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  • terry
    For La Palma, OC’s 1st Korean American police captain is a perfect fit

    By Brian Han Terry Kim is the first Korean American police officer to serve the La Palma Police Department and on Aug. 31 he became the first ever Korean American police captain in all of Orange County, Calif. After 20...

    • Posted November 17, 2014
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  • Lee Joon-seok, the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol, is taken to a courtroom for the first hearing of his murder trial, Tuesday. (Yonhap)
    Murder trial for ferry crew begins

    By Kim Da-ye The trial of 15 crew members of the sunken ferry Sewol, charged with murder and other accusations, began Tuesday at the Gwangju District Court. Lee Joon-seok, the ferry’s captain, and three other senior crewmen...

    • Posted June 10, 2014
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  • Koo d’etat

    25-yr-old Koo Ja-cheol becomes the youngest captain for S. Korean World Cup squad (Yonhap) — Forward Koo Ja-cheol on Wednesday was named the South Korean captain for this year’s FIFA World Cup. Head coach Hong Myung-bo said...

    • Posted May 23, 2014
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  • Lee Joon-seok, middle, the captain of the ferry Sewol that capsized off the southwest coast on Wednesday morning, went under questioning at the Mokpo Coast Guard Station in South Jeolla Province, Thursday. Lee, who was among the first to be rescued, said he was not sure about the cause of the sinking. (Yonhap)
    Ferry captain, government under fire

    By Jun Ji-hye The captain of the ill-fated Sewol ferry is the focus of public outrage after it became known that he and six other crewmembers were among the first to be rescued when the vessel was...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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