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100 days on, thousands mourn S. Korean ferry victims
AFP, Published on 25/07/2014
» SEOUL - Thousands of people rallied in Seoul on Thursday, 100 days after South Korea's ferry disaster, to push for an independent inquiry into the tragedy that claimed around 300 lives, most of them students.
Italy's cruise ship wreck begins final voyage
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» Italy's once-luxurious Costa Concordia cruise liner embarked on its last voyage on Wednesday, as tug boats began towing it from island wreck site to scrapyard grave in one of the biggest salvage operations in maritime history.
S.Korea helicopter crash kills five
AFP, Published on 17/07/2014
» SEOUL - A helicopter that had been searching for victims of South Korea's ferry disaster crashed Thursday in a residential district of Gwangju city, killing all five people on board, officials said.
At least 29 killed, scores more feared dead in Bangladesh ferry disaster
AFP, Published on 16/05/2014
» Divers battled Friday to recover bodies trapped in the wreckage of a Bangladesh ferry that was sunk by a giant wave, as the death toll from the disaster rose to 29 with scores more feared drowned.
S. Korea names three ferry disaster 'martyrs'
AFP, Published on 13/05/2014
» South Korea on Monday recognised three people who died saving others in last month's ferry capsize as national "martyrs" -- lending a heroic chapter to a disaster narrative dominated by accusations of cowardice, corruption and incompetence.
South Korea ferry CEO detained
AFP, Published on 08/05/2014
» SEOUL - The head of the maritime company that owns the South Korean ferry that sank with the loss of around 300 lives last month was detained on Thursday ahead of formal manslaughter charges.
Anger boils over as relatives of S. Korea ferry victims attack official
AFP, Published on 24/04/2014
» Furious relatives of missing victims from South Korea's ferry disaster attacked a top coastguard official on Thursday, accusing him of lying about efforts to retrieve bodies still trapped in the submerged vessel.
Korean ferry body count hits 159
dpa, Published on 24/04/2014
» SEOUL - The confirmed death toll in the South Korean ferry sinking reached 159 early Thursday, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
Transcript reveals confusion over ferry evacuation
Published on 20/04/2014
» JINDO - A transcript released Sunday of communications with the South Korean ferry that sank details crippling confusion and indecision, with a crew member questioning whether an evacuation was the right move well after the ship began listing dangerously.
Bodies pulled from ferry, toll at 46
AFP, Published on 20/04/2014
» Divers retrieved more than a dozen bodies on Sunday from the submerged South Korean ferry that capsized four days ago with hundreds of children on board, opening a grim new chapter in the search and recovery process.