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All posts tagged "sewol"
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One more body found 25 miles away from sunken ferry raises death toll to 289
15 people remain missing (AP) A victim from the sunken South Korea ferry was retrieved in waters 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the capsized vessel Thursday, raising the death toll to 289, officials said. It was the...
- Posted June 5, 2014
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Fugitive Sewol ferry owner tries to seek asylum: prosecution
INCHEON (Yonhap) — The fugitive owner of the sunken ferry Sewol attempted to seek asylum at a foreign embassy in Seoul last week, but was denied due to his status as a criminal suspect, prosecutors said Tuesday....
- Posted June 3, 2014
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Sewol ferry owners put on wanted list
INCHEON, May 22 (Yonhap) — The de facto owner of a sunken ferry was put on the most wanted list Thursday after he repeatedly ignored the prosecution’s summons for questioning over corruption allegations, prosecutors said. Yoo Byung-eun...
- Posted May 23, 2014
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MissyUSA flexes “ajumma power”
By Jane Han From newspaper ads to simultaneous rallies across America, the controversial post-Sewol efforts planned and orchestrated by Korean “ajumma,” or married housewives, in the U.S. seem to be taking people by surprise for their speed and...
- Posted May 20, 2014
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Park will dismantle Coast Guard
Two agencies to be launched; April 16 named as Safety Day By Kang Seung-woo President Park Geun-hye made a televised apology to the nation Monday for the flawed emergency response to the April 16 sinking of the...
- Posted May 19, 2014
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Another ferry ad to run, this time in the Washington Post
By Jane Han NEW YORK ― Less than a week after a full-page Sewol ad in the New York Times sparked debate in Korea and the U.S., another ad condemning the government of President Park Geun-hye was set...
- Posted May 16, 2014
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Ferry captain indicted on murder charge
By Kim Da-ye Lee Joon-seok, the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol, and three other crewmen were indicted on murder charges Thursday for abandoning their vessel without any attempt to evacuate passengers. The prosecution said the crewmembers...
- Posted May 15, 2014