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All posts tagged "sewol"

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  Wasted “golden hour” doomed passengers, transcript reveals

  By Nam Hyun-woo The transcript of radio communications between the sunken ferry Sewol and a maritime operator on Jindo Island shows that crewmembers on the ill-fated ship wasted the critical early phase of the disaster, known to...

  • Posted April 21, 2014
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  Time running out as death toll rises to 87

  The death toll following the sinking of the ferry boat Sewol near Jindo island last Wednesday has reached 87 as hopes of finding survivors diminishes by the hour. The number rescued remains at 174, while 215 are...

  • Posted April 21, 2014
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  Stars worldwide offer condolences, donations

  By Park Si-soo Many K-pop musicians, actors and sports stars continued to offer their prayers and condolences for those affected by the capsizing of the ferry Sewol. Actor Song Seung-heon and pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los...

  • Posted April 21, 2014
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  Death toll rises to 36, no new survivors found

  By Yoon Sung-won, Nam Hyun-woo JINDO ― Only sobs and moans were heard in a gymnasium in Jindo, South Jeolla Province, where friends and family of passengers who went missing in the ferry Sewol’s accident gathered to watch a...

  • Posted April 19, 2014
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  Danwon vice principal found hanged, was a ferry survivor

  By Nam Hyun-woo The vice president of Danwon High School, who was rescued from the sunken ferry Sewol along with some students, was found dead in an apparent suicide Friday. Police said officers found the dead body...

  • Posted April 18, 2014
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  School hit by ferry disaster wins table tennis championship

  By Ko Dong-hwan A sad drama swept a table tennis competition Thursday, as Danwon High School, struggling to recover from the “Sewol” ferry tragedy since Wednesday, grabbed a winning trophy. The girl’s team, including three second-year students,...

  • Posted April 18, 2014
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• 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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