All posts tagged "ferry"

  • Flags written with the names of 10 victims of the Sewol sinking wave in the wind in Jindo. (Hyung Min-woo/Yonhap)
    100 days of Sewol

    It has been 100 days since the sinking of the ferry boat Sewol, which took the lives of 294 passengers — most of them high school students — and which has left 10 missing. The April 16...

    • Posted July 24, 2014
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  • Police officers and medical staff move the body of Yoo Byung-eun, the de facto owner of the sunken ferry Sewol, into an ambulance at a funeral hall in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, Tuesday. Yoo's body was moved to a forensic sciences center in Seoul for an investigation into how he died. (Yonhap)
    CSI: Sewol

    Can forensic scientists reveal exact cause of the ferry owner’s demise? By Jung Min-ho Speculation and conspiracy theories are rife over the death of Yoo Byung-eun, the de-facto owner of the sunken ferry Sewol, as the discovery...

    • Posted July 23, 2014
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  • Police officers and medical staff move the body of Yoo Byung-eun, the de facto owner of the sunken ferry Sewol, into an ambulance at a funeral hall in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, Tuesday. Yoo's body was moved to a forensic sciences center in Seoul for an investigation into how he died. (Yonhap)
    Police confirm fugitive ferry owner found dead

    DNA, fingerprints match those of Yoo; Prosecution will step up Sewol probe By Jung Min-ho Police said Tuesday that they had found the body of Yoo Byung-eun, the owner of the sunken ferry Sewol who had been...

    • Posted July 22, 2014
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    Dead man found in Suncheon could be ferry owner

    GWANGJU (Yonhap) — Police have found the body of a man believed to be the fugitive owner of the sunken ferry Sewol, officials said Tuesday (KST) in Korea. The body was found on June 12 at a...

    • Posted July 21, 2014
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  • Firefighters work at the site of a helicopter crash that killed all five firefighters onboard in a residential area of Gwangju, Thursday. (Yonhap)
    What caused the Korean chopper to crash?

    By Jung Min-ho Speculation abounds about what caused a firefighting helicopter to crash in the southwestern city of Gwangju on Thursday, killing all five on board including two skilled pilots. According to one witness, the chopper was...

    • Posted July 18, 2014
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    Chopper returning from ferry victim search operation crashes, killing 5

    GWANGJU (Yonhap) — A firefighting helicopter crashed into a residential area of South Korea’s southern city of Gwangju on Thursday, killing all five firefighters on board, officials said. The chopper crashed into an uncrowded street near a...

    • Posted July 17, 2014
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    344 people booked for participating in rallies for ferry victims

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A total of 344 people have been booked for investigation on charges of participating in “illegal” street rallies on behalf of the victims of April’s ferry sinking, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Seoul Central District...

    • Posted July 2, 2014
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