Ferry Tragedy

At least eight children were killed and three others were missing in Cambodia after a boat that was ferrying them home from an English class sank in the Mekong river, police said Friday.

One person is dead and dozens more are believed missing after a bulk carrier ran over a small ferry in a river near Bangladesh's capital on Sunday.

A major tragedy was averted when an alert policeman uncovered a cavity inside the truck, ferrying three armed terrorists to the Kashmir Valley, police said.

A government official argues on camera with the driver of a commercial boat against taking passengers onto the River Krishna. The official warns that the boat did not have clearance to operate. Agitated, he pleads and warns that passengers must not be allowed on the boat and that other boats were available to ferry them.

A South Korean ferry that sank nearly three years ago, killing 304 people, most of them children on a school trip, slowly emerged from a grey sea on Thursday, a sombre reminder of a tragedy that traumatised the country.

A probe into the mid-January boat tragedy in Patna that killed 24 people including children has blamed the Saran district administration and Bihar Tourism Corporation for "grave lapses" in the way the kite festival was organized on occasion of Makar Sankranti. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had promised strict action against officials found to b...

Divers have recovered 24 bodies, including that of minors, after a boat ferrying 40 capsized in the Ganga river in Bihar's Patna. Many have been rescued and the search for missing persons is on since morning.

Ten people were killed in Bangladesh on Wednesday when a river bank collapsed on top of an overcrowded ferry and sank it, police said, and at least 11 people were missing.

Grieving relatives today threw white chrysanthemums into the sea at the spot where the Sewol ferry sank, as South Korea marked the second anniversary of the disaster which killed 304.

All hands on deck: China's propaganda machine has cranked into top gear after a ship disaster, extolling the official response while dousing any public criticism and tightly controlling foreign media.

A South Korean appeals court on Tuesday found the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank a year ago guilty of murder and upped his sentence to life imprisonment, a court official said.

South Korea said on Wednesday it will raise the Sewol ferry that sank a year ago, killing more than 300 people, most of them children, yielding to pressure from mourning families who have called for a deeper investigation into the disaster.

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye promised today that the sunken Sewol ferry would be raised "at the earliest possible date" acceding to a key demand of the victims' relatives.

Grief, anger and political tension colored the first anniversary of South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster today, with complaints of continued official indifference towards the tragedy that claimed 304 lives.

The family of late actress Audrey Hepburn unveiled plans Wednesday for a memorial forest in South Korea to remember the 304 victims of last year's Sewol ferry disaster.

At least eight children were killed and three others were missing in Cambodia after a boat that was ferrying them home from an English class sank in the Mekong river, police said Friday.

One person is dead and dozens more are believed missing after a bulk carrier ran over a small ferry in a river near Bangladesh's capital on Sunday.

A major tragedy was averted when an alert policeman uncovered a cavity inside the truck, ferrying three armed terrorists to the Kashmir Valley, police said.

A government official argues on camera with the driver of a commercial boat against taking passengers onto the River Krishna. The official warns that the boat did not have clearance to operate. Agitated, he pleads and warns that passengers must not be allowed on the boat and that other boats were available to ferry them.

A South Korean ferry that sank nearly three years ago, killing 304 people, most of them children on a school trip, slowly emerged from a grey sea on Thursday, a sombre reminder of a tragedy that traumatised the country.

A probe into the mid-January boat tragedy in Patna that killed 24 people including children has blamed the Saran district administration and Bihar Tourism Corporation for "grave lapses" in the way the kite festival was organized on occasion of Makar Sankranti. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had promised strict action against officials found to b...

Divers have recovered 24 bodies, including that of minors, after a boat ferrying 40 capsized in the Ganga river in Bihar's Patna. Many have been rescued and the search for missing persons is on since morning.

Ten people were killed in Bangladesh on Wednesday when a river bank collapsed on top of an overcrowded ferry and sank it, police said, and at least 11 people were missing.

Grieving relatives today threw white chrysanthemums into the sea at the spot where the Sewol ferry sank, as South Korea marked the second anniversary of the disaster which killed 304.

All hands on deck: China's propaganda machine has cranked into top gear after a ship disaster, extolling the official response while dousing any public criticism and tightly controlling foreign media.

A South Korean appeals court on Tuesday found the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank a year ago guilty of murder and upped his sentence to life imprisonment, a court official said.

South Korea said on Wednesday it will raise the Sewol ferry that sank a year ago, killing more than 300 people, most of them children, yielding to pressure from mourning families who have called for a deeper investigation into the disaster.

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye promised today that the sunken Sewol ferry would be raised "at the earliest possible date" acceding to a key demand of the victims' relatives.

Grief, anger and political tension colored the first anniversary of South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster today, with complaints of continued official indifference towards the tragedy that claimed 304 lives.

The family of late actress Audrey Hepburn unveiled plans Wednesday for a memorial forest in South Korea to remember the 304 victims of last year's Sewol ferry disaster.