All posts tagged "ferry boat"

  • TV programming cancelled for the weekend in S. Korea

    In the wake of a national tragedy that has drowned South Korea in sorrow All major Korean TV networks — KBS, SBS and MBC as well as cable channels tvN, Mnet, OnStyle, XTM, JTBC — will cancel...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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  • Members of the Navy’s ship salvage unit (SSU) search Thursday for missing passengers who were on a ferry that sank off the southwestern coast Wednesday morning. Five hundred and fifty-five Navy, Coast Guard and civilian divers and support personnel are on the scene. / Yonhap
    Lost “golden hour” raised ferry casualties

    By Jun Ji-hye The “golden hour” is a medical term referring to the time in which rescue personnel need to start treating a patient to give them the best chance at survival. That first 60 minutes is...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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  • Captain Lee Joon Seok is being taken into custody. (Yonhap)
    Ferry captain, 2 crew members arrested

    The captain of the ferry Sewol was charged with five violations Saturday. Korean media reported that Lee Jun-suk, 69, is in custody and has been charged with violating maritime law, negligence, causing bodily injury, boat abandonment and...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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  • Ferry
    Heroes to the end

    11th grader Jung Cha-woong and a teacher, Nam Yoon-chul, helped others to the end    By Tae Hong Stories of heroes in the midst of tragedy are emerging as South Korea anguishes over those dead or missing in...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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  • Korean American community holds vigil for ferry passengers

    (CNS) – About a dozen Los Angeles Korean church leaders held a prayer vigil Thursday night for victims aboard a sunken South Korean ferry boat. The ship carrying hundreds passengers sank Wednesday, with passengers describing women screaming in the...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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  • Strong winds and waves as well as swift currents, poor weather, low visibility and cold water prevented them from getting inside the shipwreck, raising fears of more casualties. (Yonhap)
    Bad weather slows search operations

    By Kang Seung-woo Full-scale search and rescue operations got under way Thursday for possible survivors of a capsized ferry off the southwestern coast. In hopes of finding any or all of nearly 300 passengers on the Sewol...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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  • Rescue boats and ships from the Coast Guard approach the sunken ferry Sewol to search for passengers missing from the ship, Thursday. Rescue workers said the operation was hindered by bad weather conditions and high waves. (Yonhap)
    Sharp turn, cargo shift emerge as cause of sinking

    By Nam Hyun-woo A sudden shift of cargo in the ferry Sewol is emerging as the possible cause of it sinking, while several other theories have also arisen about why the huge boat capsized and sank at...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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