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[NYT] In Ferry Deaths, a South Korean Tycoon’s Downfall

July 28, 2014
People watch a TV news program showing Yoo Byung-eun, the fugitive owner of the sunken ferry Sewol , at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. South Korean police said Tuesday that a badly decomposed body of Yoo found surrounded by liquor bottles in a field last month was that of a fugitive billionaire businessman blamed for April's ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

People watch a TV news program showing Yoo Byung-eun, the fugitive owner of the sunken ferry Sewol , at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. South Korean police said Tuesday that a badly decomposed body of Yoo found surrounded by liquor bottles in a field last month was that of a fugitive billionaire businessman blamed for April’s ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

[THE NEW YORK TIMES] After all the lavish galas in his honor at landmarks like the Louvre and Versailles, the tens of thousands of devotees following his religious teachings for decades, the hundreds of homes and businesses reportedly stashed around the globe, Yoo Byung-eun ended up alone, his body splayed on its back and rotting in the weeds, empty liquor bottles by his side. [READ MORE]