All posts tagged "retrieval"

  • South Korean Public Safety and Security Minister Park In-yong, right, speaks during a press conference as Oceans and Fisheries Minister Minister Yoo Ki-june listens at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. South Korea on Wednesday formally approved plans to salvage the ferry Sewol that sank last year, meeting demands made by bereaved families wanting details about the cause of the sinking and the recovery of bodies of nine people still missing. The disaster killed more than 300 people, mostly high school students on a trip to a resort island. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Seoul announces plans to retrieve sunken ferry

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea announced plans Wednesday to salvage the ferry that sunk off the country’s southwest coast a year earlier, claiming 304 lives. The retrieval will likely begin in September and take up to 18...

    • Posted April 22, 2015
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