Sewol Ferry Disaster
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South Korea Ferry Captain Murdered Passengers: Supreme Court
South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a murder conviction and life sentence for the captain in the Sewol ferry disaster, saying he had effectively drowned more than 300 passengers to save himself.
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Angry and Divided, South Korea Mourns on Anniversary of Ferry Disaster
A day of mourning for the 304 victims of the Sewol ferry sinking was overtaken by acrimony today, as organisers called off a ceremony planned to mark its one-year anniversary to protest against the South Korean government's response to the disaster.
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Three Months Later, Body Recovered from Korea Ferry
Divers retrieved another body on Friday from the site of South Korea's ferry disaster -- the first to be recovered in nearly four weeks from the submerged vessel that sank three months ago.
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Owner of Sunken Korean Ferry Blamed for Five Earlier Crashes
In the same narrow waterways where more than 300 people died this spring aboard the ferry Sewol, another ship owned by the same company crashed into an oil tanker 11 years earlier. The ferry's captain had chosen the difficult water path to cut a mere seven miles from its journey.
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Daughter of South Korea Ferry Crewman Kills Herself
The daughter of a crew member of a South Korean ferry which sank killing hundreds of school children committed suicide on Thursday, police and prosecutors said, in a tragic twist to a disaster that prompted a nationwide outpouring of grief.
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South Korea Premier Urges Seizure of Ferry Family Head's Fortune
South Korea's prime minister promised Tuesday to try and seize all assets held by the reclusive patriarch whose family runs the ferry operator of the ship which sank last month, killing hundreds.
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South Korea Ferry Captain Murdered Passengers: Supreme Court
South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a murder conviction and life sentence for the captain in the Sewol ferry disaster, saying he had effectively drowned more than 300 passengers to save himself.
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Angry and Divided, South Korea Mourns on Anniversary of Ferry Disaster
A day of mourning for the 304 victims of the Sewol ferry sinking was overtaken by acrimony today, as organisers called off a ceremony planned to mark its one-year anniversary to protest against the South Korean government's response to the disaster.
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Three Months Later, Body Recovered from Korea Ferry
Divers retrieved another body on Friday from the site of South Korea's ferry disaster -- the first to be recovered in nearly four weeks from the submerged vessel that sank three months ago.
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Owner of Sunken Korean Ferry Blamed for Five Earlier Crashes
In the same narrow waterways where more than 300 people died this spring aboard the ferry Sewol, another ship owned by the same company crashed into an oil tanker 11 years earlier. The ferry's captain had chosen the difficult water path to cut a mere seven miles from its journey.
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Daughter of South Korea Ferry Crewman Kills Herself
The daughter of a crew member of a South Korean ferry which sank killing hundreds of school children committed suicide on Thursday, police and prosecutors said, in a tragic twist to a disaster that prompted a nationwide outpouring of grief.
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South Korea Premier Urges Seizure of Ferry Family Head's Fortune
South Korea's prime minister promised Tuesday to try and seize all assets held by the reclusive patriarch whose family runs the ferry operator of the ship which sank last month, killing hundreds.
