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2014 Sewol ferry disaster (Aftermath); in South Korea
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Topic Started: Apr 27 2014, 11:48 AM (429 Views)
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Apr 27 2014, 11:48 AM
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NOTE: Re-titled Thread.
Apparently the concept of "loss of face" is big in South Korean culture as well...
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S. Korean prime minister resigns over ferry sinking
By: Chang Won Lim, Agence France-Presse April 27, 2014 9:20 AM
SEOUL - (UPDATE, 11:15 a.m.) South Korea's prime minister resigned Sunday over the sinking of a passenger ferry that left more than 300 people dead or missing, amid huge public anger over what is seen as a bungled response to the tragedy.
Chung Hong-Won admitted he had not been up to the task of overseeing rescue operations after the Sewol capsized with 476 people -- many of them schoolchildren -- on board.
"I offer my apology for having been unable to prevent this accident from happening and unable to properly respond to it afterwards," he said.
"I believed I, as the prime minister, certainly had to take responsibility and resign."
Parents and relatives of the missing and the dead have blasted the response to the sinking, saying the rescue operation was too slow to swing into action, possibly costing lives.
There has also been rage over perceived corruption and lax safety standards that may have led to the disaster, with claims that the ferry was overloaded and the passenger list was inaccurate and incomplete.
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Edited by MSantor, Jun 10 2014, 09:30 PM.
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Apr 27 2014, 08:19 PM
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Big difference with our own politicians in the Philippines. Kahit na besto na thick face parin.
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May 4 2014, 07:19 PM
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May 5 2014, 01:09 AM
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Second hand ships redesigned to handle more passengers, affecting the stability of the ship. One has to wonder if these actions are exclusive to the South Korean maritime industry.
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South Korea ferry was routinely overloaded Youkyung Lee, Associated Press 2 hours ago
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) - The doomed ferry Sewol exceeded its cargo limit on 246 trips - nearly every voyage it made in which it reported cargo - in the 13 months before it sank, according to documents that reveal the regulatory failures that allowed passengers by the hundreds to set off on an unsafe vessel. And it may have been more overloaded than ever on its final journey.
The disaster has exposed enormous safety gaps in South Korea's monitoring of domestic passenger ships, which is in some ways less rigorous than its rules for ships that handle only cargo.
The Korean Register of Shipping examined the Sewol early last year as it was being redesigned to handle more passengers. The register slashed the ship's cargo capacity by more than half, to 987 tons, and said the vessel needed to carry more than 2,000 tons of water to stay balanced.
But the register gave its report only to the ship owner, Chonghaejin Marine Co. Ltd. Neither the coast guard nor the Korean Shipping Association, which regulates and oversees departures and arrivals of domestic passenger ships, appear to have had any knowledge of the new limit before the disaster.
In paperwork filed before the Sewol's last voyage, Capt. Lee Joon-seok reported a much smaller final load than the one Moon described, according to a Coast Guard official who had access to the report but refused to provide a copy to the Associated Press. The paperwork said the Sewol was loaded with 150 cars and 657 tons of cargo.
That would fall within the 987-ton limit, but it's clearly inaccurate: The coast guard has found 180 cars in the water.
The cause of the sinking remains under investigation, but experts have said that if the ship were severely overloaded, even a small turn could cause it to lose its balance. Tracking data show the ship made a 45-degree turn around the time it began sinking; crew members have reportedly said that something went wrong with the steering as they attempted a much less severe turn.
Some experts say the Sewol never should have been cleared to operate after last year's redesign because the owner would not be able to make money under the register's new cargo limits.
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Jun 10 2014, 09:28 PM
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An update:
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Crew members of sunken South Korean ferry appear at court hearing attended by crying relatives
GWANGJU, South Korea - Hostile spectators cursing, shouting and weeping behind them, 15 crew members from the sunken South Korean ferry appeared in court Tuesday to enter pleas on charges of negligence and failing to save more than 300 dead or missing passengers. As the crew members stood with bowed heads before three Gwangju District Court judges, families of the victims struggled to contain their fury. Many wore yellow ribbons in memory of those killed in the April 16 accident, most of whom were students on a school trip. The crowd erupted when one crew member appeared to smile, and a judge asked the defendants to show respect. The judges also asked the crowd to be quiet.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton
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Jul 23 2014, 09:48 PM
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South Korea ferry fugitive hid behind cabin wall, bags of cash at hand Reuters
By Ju-min Park and Sohee Kim | Reuters – 1 hour 16 minutes ago
SUNCHEON/INCHEON South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea's most wanted man, whose heavily decomposed body was found in an orchard last month, had evaded arrest by hiding behind an upstairs wall of a wooden cabin, with suitcases of cash at hand, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The body of Yoo Byung-un, 73, wanted in connection with the sinking of a ferry in April, was only identified this week, more than a month after he was found lying next to a copy of a book he had written, empty bottles of alcohol nearby, ending the country's biggest and most dramatic manhunt.
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Nov 11 2014, 02:05 PM
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South Korea court sentences captain of doomed ferry to 36 years in jail for negligence
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Apr 19 2015, 11:17 AM
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South Korea police clash with protesters over ferry disaster
By James Pearson and Sohee Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police clashed with thousands of protesters, blocking their way to the presidential palace, where they hoped to demand a more vigorous government response to a ferry disaster that claimed more than 300 lives a year ago.
About 13,000 police and 470 police buses were deployed in the area around Seoul's main ceremonial thoroughfare and 100 protesters were arrested, an official of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said.
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"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
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Apr 28 2015, 01:44 PM
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S.Korea court finds ferry captain guilty of homicide for 304 deaths
SEOUL (Reuters) - The captain of a South Korean ferry that sank last year, killing 304 people, was found guilty of homicide by an appeals court on Tuesday and sentenced to life in prison, overturning an earlier conviction for negligence.
Prosecutors who had originally sought a homicide conviction for ferry captain Lee Joon-seok appealed against a decision by a lower court in November that found him guilty of negligence and sentenced him to 36 years jail.
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