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South Korea Court Sentences Ferry Operator Chief to 10 Years in Jail
A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the head of the company that operated a ferry which capsized in April to 10 years in jail over his role in the country's worst maritime disaster in decades.
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Divers Find Body Six Months After South Korea Ferry Disaster
South Korean divers discovered another body inside the sunken Sewol ferry on Tuesday, six months after it capsized and more than 100 days after the last corpse was recovered, officials said.
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South Korean Ferry Could Have Capsized Any Time: Expert
The South Korean ferry that sank in April with the loss of more than 300 lives should never have been in service and only luck prevented it capsizing earlier, a prosecution expert told a court on Tuesday.
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Funeral of Disaster-Hit Ferry Owner Starts in South Korea
The funeral of a South Korean tycoon who was the target of a massive manhunt connected to April's ferry disaster began on Saturday under tight security at the compound of the religious group he led.
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South Korean Sect Submits to Search for Leader Linked to Doomed Ferry
Hundreds of followers of a religious sect submitted on Wednesday to a search of their rural commune by South Korean authorities seeking the arrest of the head of the family that operated a ferry which capsized last month killing more than 300 people.
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Another Arrest Sought in Hunt for South Korean Ferry Operator Owner
South Korean prosecutors said on Friday they were seeking a warrant for the arrest of Yoo Byung-un, the head of the family that owns the operator of a ferry that capsized last month.
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South Korea Indicts Four Capsized Ferry Crew Members For Homicide
The captain and three senior crew members of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April killing more than 280 passengers, many of them school children, were indicted for homicide on Thursday, a senior prosecutor said.
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Captain says warnings over Korean ferry ignored
A probe into South Korea's ferry disaster has heard that warnings over the ship's seaworthiness were ignored, prosecutors said on Wednesday, as rescuers worked to recover more than 90 people still missing two weeks after it sank.
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Toll in South Korean ferry mishap reaches 171: report
The toll from a South Korean ferry that capsized and sank last week rose to 171 on Thursday but the recovery of bodies from the sunken ship proceeded at a slower pace
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South Korean officials feel heat of ferry tragedy
In the hothouse atmosphere of anger and grief triggered by South Korea's ferry tragedy, the slightest misstep or ill-timed remark by any official can carry career-ending consequences.
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South Korea Court Sentences Ferry Operator Chief to 10 Years in Jail
A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the head of the company that operated a ferry which capsized in April to 10 years in jail over his role in the country's worst maritime disaster in decades.
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Divers Find Body Six Months After South Korea Ferry Disaster
South Korean divers discovered another body inside the sunken Sewol ferry on Tuesday, six months after it capsized and more than 100 days after the last corpse was recovered, officials said.
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South Korean Ferry Could Have Capsized Any Time: Expert
The South Korean ferry that sank in April with the loss of more than 300 lives should never have been in service and only luck prevented it capsizing earlier, a prosecution expert told a court on Tuesday.
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Funeral of Disaster-Hit Ferry Owner Starts in South Korea
The funeral of a South Korean tycoon who was the target of a massive manhunt connected to April's ferry disaster began on Saturday under tight security at the compound of the religious group he led.
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South Korean Sect Submits to Search for Leader Linked to Doomed Ferry
Hundreds of followers of a religious sect submitted on Wednesday to a search of their rural commune by South Korean authorities seeking the arrest of the head of the family that operated a ferry which capsized last month killing more than 300 people.
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Another Arrest Sought in Hunt for South Korean Ferry Operator Owner
South Korean prosecutors said on Friday they were seeking a warrant for the arrest of Yoo Byung-un, the head of the family that owns the operator of a ferry that capsized last month.
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South Korea Indicts Four Capsized Ferry Crew Members For Homicide
The captain and three senior crew members of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April killing more than 280 passengers, many of them school children, were indicted for homicide on Thursday, a senior prosecutor said.
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Captain says warnings over Korean ferry ignored
A probe into South Korea's ferry disaster has heard that warnings over the ship's seaworthiness were ignored, prosecutors said on Wednesday, as rescuers worked to recover more than 90 people still missing two weeks after it sank.
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Toll in South Korean ferry mishap reaches 171: report
The toll from a South Korean ferry that capsized and sank last week rose to 171 on Thursday but the recovery of bodies from the sunken ship proceeded at a slower pace
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South Korean officials feel heat of ferry tragedy
In the hothouse atmosphere of anger and grief triggered by South Korea's ferry tragedy, the slightest misstep or ill-timed remark by any official can carry career-ending consequences.
