All posts tagged "sewol"

  • Messages are changing from "Please come back" and "We miss you" to "Sorry (we couldn't save you)." (Newsis)
    Ferry search operation enters 10th day

    By Nam Hyun-woo The emergency task force center deployed all available divers, ships and rescue devices for search-and-rescue operations on the sunken ferry Sewol, Friday, but made little progress, much to the despair of relatives of the...

    • 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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  • Ferry 2
    Unanswered questions in ferry sinking

    By Tae Hong A week has gone by since the sinking of the ferry boat Sewol, taking with it more than 150 lives — a number that continues to rise with ongoing rescue efforts. South Koreans mourn...

    • Posted April 23, 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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