April Ferry Disaster

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  South Korea Ferry Captain 'Murdered' Passengers

  The captain of the Sewol ferry, which sank in April with the loss of 304 lives, murdered his passengers by intentionally abandoning them to their certain deaths, a South Korean appeals court heard on Tuesday.

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  South Korea Court Sentences Ferry Operator Chief to 10 Years in Jail

  A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the head of the company that operated a ferry which capsized in April to 10 years in jail over his role in the country's worst maritime disaster in decades.

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  South Korean Ferry Captain Gets 36 Years in Prison

  A news report says that a South Korean district court has handed a sentence of 36 years in prison to the captain of a ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300 people.

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  South Korea Decides to End Ferry Wreckage Searches

  South Korea says it will end underwater searches for the remaining missing people from April's ferry disaster.

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  South Korea Parliament Endorses Inquiry Into Ferry Disaster

  South Korea's parliament on Friday passed a bill on setting up a full, independent inquiry into April's ferry disaster, ending months of bickering which has interrupted almost all legislative work.

• Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Korea Ferry Disaster Captain

  South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank in April, saying he had abandoned the more than 300 people who died in the disaster.

• Jail Term Demanded for Son of South Korean Tycoon Who Was Blamed For April's Ferry Disaster

  The eldest son of the South Korean tycoon blamed for April's ferry disaster appeared in court on Wednesday on embezzlement charges, in the first court appearance by any member of the reclusive billionaire family on charges linked to the Sewol ferry disaster.

• Overloading, Illegal Redesign Led to South Korea Ferry Disaster: Officials

  South Korean prosecutors said on Monday that a deadly combination of cargo overloading, illegal redesign and poor helmsmanship led to the April ferry disaster that claimed more than 300 lives, mostly schoolchildren.

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  Crew of Doomed South Korea Ferry Drank Beer While Awaiting Rescue: Media

  Some crew of a ferry that capsized in April in South Korea's worst maritime disaster in 44 years drank beer while waiting for rescue, one of them told a court, in an admission likely to fuel anger at their conduct during the final moments of the mishap.

• Funeral of Disaster-Hit Ferry Owner Starts in South Korea

  The funeral of a South Korean tycoon who was the target of a massive manhunt connected to April's ferry disaster began on Saturday under tight security at the compound of the religious group he led.

• Ferry Disaster Casts Long Shadow Over South Korea Economy

  South Korea's ferry disaster in April is still casting a cloud over the economy, with the effect on consumer spending lasting longer than expected, the central bank said on Wednesday.

• Some South Korean Ferry Mourners Tire of Activists Seizing Their Cause

  South Korean families who lost loved ones in April's ferry disaster are demanding accountability from the government, but some have grown weary of strident activists adopting their cause for political ends.

• South Korea Parties Back, Families Oppose, Ferry Disaster Probe

  South Korean ruling and opposition party leaders agreed on Tuesday on legislation to investigate April's Sewol ferry disaster more deeply, but a spokesman for families of the victims said they would oppose the bill.

• Pope Francis Prays For Korea Ferry Disaster Victims, Warns of Spiritual 'Cancer'

  Pope Francis on Friday commemorated the more than 300 people killed in a ferry disaster in April, and called on South Koreans, among Asia's richest people, to beware of the spiritual "cancer" that often accompanies affluent societies.

• South Korea Lab Fails to Find Out How Ferry Owner Died

  South Korea's state-run forensic lab said Friday it has failed to determine the cause of death for a fugitive billionaire blamed for April's ferry disaster, amid mounting public criticism that authorities didn't identify his body for a long time and still continued a massive manhunt for him.