All posts tagged "sewol"

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    Stars worldwide offer condolences, donations

    By Park Si-soo Many K-pop musicians, actors and sports stars continued to offer their prayers and condolences for those affected by the capsizing of the ferry Sewol. Actor Song Seung-heon and pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los...

    • Posted April 21, 2014
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    Death toll rises to 36, no new survivors found

    By Yoon Sung-won, Nam Hyun-woo JINDO ― Only sobs and moans were heard in a gymnasium in Jindo, South Jeolla Province, where friends and family of passengers who went missing in the ferry Sewol’s accident gathered to watch a...

    • Posted April 19, 2014
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    Danwon vice principal found hanged, was a ferry survivor

    By Nam Hyun-woo The vice president of Danwon High School, who was rescued from the sunken ferry Sewol along with some students, was found dead in an apparent suicide Friday. Police said officers found the dead body...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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  • Players from Danwon High School girls' table tennis team who won the national championship showed their emotional outburst when being awarded. The school's second-year students are major victims of the "Sewol" ferry tragedy. (Courtesy of JTBC)
    School hit by ferry disaster wins table tennis championship

    By Ko Dong-hwan A sad drama swept a table tennis competition Thursday, as Danwon High School, struggling to recover from the “Sewol” ferry tragedy since Wednesday, grabbed a winning trophy. The girl’s team, including three second-year students,...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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  • TV programming cancelled for the weekend in S. Korea

    In the wake of a national tragedy that has drowned South Korea in sorrow All major Korean TV networks — KBS, SBS and MBC as well as cable channels tvN, Mnet, OnStyle, XTM, JTBC — will cancel...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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  • Members of the Navy’s ship salvage unit (SSU) search Thursday for missing passengers who were on a ferry that sank off the southwestern coast Wednesday morning. Five hundred and fifty-five Navy, Coast Guard and civilian divers and support personnel are on the scene. / Yonhap
    Lost “golden hour” raised ferry casualties

    By Jun Ji-hye The “golden hour” is a medical term referring to the time in which rescue personnel need to start treating a patient to give them the best chance at survival. That first 60 minutes is...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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  • Before Thursday's game, the Dodgers' official Twitter account posted a picture of Ryu's locker with the sign "SEWOL 4.16.14," in tribute to the victims of the accident off South Korea's southern coast. (Yonhap)
    Ryu Hyun-jin donates $100,000 to ferry victims

    The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin improved to 3-1 on the year as he pitched seven shutout innings against the San Francisco Giants on the road on Thursday. But his best pitch came after the...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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