All posts tagged "sajo"

  • Family members of the sunken ship's crew are pleading their case to reporters. (Yonhap)
    Death toll from sunken S. Korean ship rises to 25

    BUSAN (Yonhap) — Rescuers recovered five more bodies from waters near the site of a South Korean fishing boat’s sinking off Russia’s far east coast, raising the death toll to 25 and leaving 28 sailors still missing,...

    • Posted December 4, 2014
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  • Oryong 501 (NEWSis)
    8 more crew members of S. Korea ship found dead in Bering Sea

    BUSAN/SEOUL (Yonhap) — Rescuers recovered eight more bodies from icy waters off Russia’s far east Thursday, three days after a South Korean fishing vessel carrying 60 people went down there, the ship’s owner said. This raised the...

    • Posted December 4, 2014
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  • Oryong 501 (NEWSis)
    11 bodies from sunken S. Korean fishing boat recovered

    **This article has been updated. BUSAN/SEOUL (Yonhap) — Rescuers on Wednesday recovered 11 more bodies from the area where a South Korean fishing boat sank in the Bering Sea earlier this week, the ship’s owner said. The...

    • Posted December 3, 2014
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  • ajo Industries officials bow in apology as the company's CEO, Kim Jeong-su, left, stands nearby at the firm's offices in Busan, Tuesday. (Yonhap)
    Sunken trawler shifts focus to ownership group

    By Kim Young-jin The sinking of the Oryang 501 in the Bering Sea this week has raised questions anew about Korean fishing giant Sajo Group, which owns the vessel and has long been accused of abuses on...

    • Posted December 2, 2014
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