All posts tagged "ferry boat"

  • "Hope for a Sewol Miracle" takes place at Wilshire-Vermont Square on Saturday. / Park Sang-hyuk, The Korea Times
    Hundreds gather for ferry memorial mini-concert in Koreatown

    Musicians from “Love In Music” and about 200 people gathered at Wilshire-Vermont Square on Saturday for “Hope for a Miracle on Sewol.” Following a candle prayer, “Love in Music” performed a mini-concert as a memorial of those...

    • Posted April 28, 2014
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  • Korean American community leaders put on black ribbons at the memorial service set up inside the Korean American Federation of L.A. Center Thursday. / Park Sang-hyuk, The Korea Times
    L.A. Korean American community to hold nine-day memorial service

    By the Korea Times Los Angeles staff A nine-day memorial service for the victims of the ferry boat tragedy will be held by the Korean American community in Los Angeles. Organizers said Thursday that black ribbons marked...

    • Posted April 25, 2014
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    Mourning students resume classes at Danwon High

    By Nam Hyun-woo ANSAN — Danwon High School reopened Thursday but the grief from the loss of students in the tragic Sewol ferry disaster was palpable. The school had been closed since the April 16 sinking of...

    • Posted April 24, 2014
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  • A child puts money into the donation box set up at Kaju Market. / Park Sang-hyuk, The Korea Times
    Korean Americans in L.A. show their support for ferry victims

    Korean businesses in Los Angeles are doing their part to support the victims of the ferry boat sinking as the incident passes a week of rescue efforts. A donation box to benefit the families of the deceased...

    • Posted April 24, 2014
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  • Students at Joongbu University tie yellow ribbons written with messages of hope on April 23. / Yonhap
    Yellow ribbon campaign unites S. Korea in hope

    By Kim Se-jeong As the search and rescue operation entered its eighth day on Wednesday, a growing number of people are joining a “yellow ribbon” campaign, an expression of the nation’s hope of finding survivors. So far,...

    • Posted April 23, 2014
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    Three bodies of foreigners found

    By Bahk Eun-ji The body of a 17-year-old Russian, a student at Danwon High School in Asan, Gyeonggi Province, was recovered on Monday, the Coast Guard said. One Korean Chinese, Lee Do-nam, 38, and another Chinese, Li...

    • Posted April 22, 2014
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    Rescue divers fight on to make miracle happen

    As the search for more than 100 missing survivors continues, the more-than-550 rescue divers who have been at the front lines of the ferry boat tragedy that has anguished South Korea keep on fighting against time. “I’ve...

    • Posted April 22, 2014
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