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Officer distracted by phone blamed for Korean ferry mishap
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» SEOUL - A South Korean ferry ran aground after the helmsman became distracted by his mobile phone, a member of the coast guard told AFP on Thursday.
'Overwhelming': S. Korean families' grief compounded by online abuse
AFP, Published on 10/04/2023
» SEOUL - First, he lost his child in Seoul's Halloween crowd crush. Then came a torrent of online abuse, upending his family's once-private life and making him an internet-wide figure of mockery.
More bodies found as Hungary lifts sunken tourist boat from river
AFP, Published on 11/06/2019
» BUDAPEST: Hungarian police recovered more bodies on Tuesday as they lifted a sightseeing boat that sank in the river Danube in Budapest last month in an accident that has claimed at least 24 lives.