All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Efforts to rescue missing passengers are still underway Monday. / The Korea Times
    Wasted “golden hour” doomed passengers, transcript reveals

    By Nam Hyun-woo The transcript of radio communications between the sunken ferry Sewol and a maritime operator on Jindo Island shows that crewmembers on the ill-fated ship wasted the critical early phase of the disaster, known to...

    • Posted April 21, 2014
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    Time running out as death toll rises to 87

    The death toll following the sinking of the ferry boat Sewol near Jindo island last Wednesday has reached 87 as hopes of finding survivors diminishes by the hour. The number rescued remains at 174, while 215 are...

    • Posted April 21, 2014
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    Death toll rises to 56

    (Yonhap) Rescue divers combed the sunken ferry Sewol off southwestern coast Sunday in Korea after retrieving more than a dozen bodies from inside the underwater wreck for the first time since the sinking, as hopes fade for...

    • Posted April 20, 2014
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  • Captain Lee Joon Seok is being taken into custody. (Yonhap)
    Ferry captain, 2 crew members arrested

    The captain of the ferry Sewol was charged with five violations Saturday. Korean media reported that Lee Jun-suk, 69, is in custody and has been charged with violating maritime law, negligence, causing bodily injury, boat abandonment and...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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    Heroes to the end

    11th grader Jung Cha-woong and a teacher, Nam Yoon-chul, helped others to the end    By Tae Hong Stories of heroes in the midst of tragedy are emerging as South Korea anguishes over those dead or missing in...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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  • Lee Joon-seok, middle, the captain of the ferry Sewol that capsized off the southwest coast on Wednesday morning, went under questioning at the Mokpo Coast Guard Station in South Jeolla Province, Thursday. Lee, who was among the first to be rescued, said he was not sure about the cause of the sinking. (Yonhap)
    Ferry captain, government under fire

    By Jun Ji-hye The captain of the ill-fated Sewol ferry is the focus of public outrage after it became known that he and six other crewmembers were among the first to be rescued when the vessel was...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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  • A man breaks down after checking the list. (Yonhap)
    “Wrong instructions increased death toll”

    By Kim Se-jeong, Choi Kyong-ae Survivors of the ferry Sewol said an announcement from the captain asking passengers to stop moving worsened the situation. “I ran into my room, after I heard the announcement. But things didn’t...

    • Posted April 16, 2014
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