South Korean Ferry Capsize

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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.

• Divers Find Body Six Months After South Korea Ferry Disaster

  South Korean divers discovered another body inside the sunken Sewol ferry on Tuesday, six months after it capsized and more than 100 days after the last corpse was recovered, officials said.

• South Korean Ferry Could Have Capsized Any Time: Expert

  The South Korean ferry that sank in April with the loss of more than 300 lives should never have been in service and only luck prevented it capsizing earlier, a prosecution expert told a court on Tuesday.

• 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.

• South Korean Sect Submits to Search for Leader Linked to Doomed Ferry

  Hundreds of followers of a religious sect submitted on Wednesday to a search of their rural commune by South Korean authorities seeking the arrest of the head of the family that operated a ferry which capsized last month killing more than 300 people.

• Another Arrest Sought in Hunt for South Korean Ferry Operator Owner

  South Korean prosecutors said on Friday they were seeking a warrant for the arrest of Yoo Byung-un, the head of the family that owns the operator of a ferry that capsized last month.

• South Korea Indicts Four Capsized Ferry Crew Members For Homicide

  The captain and three senior crew members of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April killing more than 280 passengers, many of them school children, were indicted for homicide on Thursday, a senior prosecutor said.

• Captain says warnings over Korean ferry ignored

  A probe into South Korea's ferry disaster has heard that warnings over the ship's seaworthiness were ignored, prosecutors said on Wednesday, as rescuers worked to recover more than 90 people still missing two weeks after it sank.

• Toll in South Korean ferry mishap reaches 171: report

  The toll from a South Korean ferry that capsized and sank last week rose to 171 on Thursday but the recovery of bodies from the sunken ship proceeded at a slower pace

• South Korean officials feel heat of ferry tragedy

  In the hothouse atmosphere of anger and grief triggered by South Korea's ferry tragedy, the slightest misstep or ill-timed remark by any official can carry career-ending consequences.

• South Korea ferry engineer says no technical problems

  The senior engineer on the South Korean ferry that sank last week said Thursday he was unaware of any problems with the ship's engine or ballast when it ran into trouble.

• Body found of boy who made first call from South Korea ferry: report

  The body of a high school student who made the first distress call from a sinking South Korean ferry was recovered from the submerged vessel on Thursday, news reports said.

• South Korean prosecutors raid family home of ill-fated ferry's owner

  Prosecutors investigating the fatal sinking of a South Korean ferry have raided the home of Yoo Byung-un, the head of a family that owns the Chonghaejin Marine Co. Ltd, the company that operated the ship.

• South Korea ferry crew say it was impossible to deploy life rafts

  Crew members detained over South Korea's ferry disaster said on Tuesday they had done their best to launch life rafts, and one suggested possible technical reasons for the ship capsizing.

• South Korean president says ferry crew's actions 'tantamount to murder'

  The actions of the captain and crew of a capsized South Korean ferry were "tantamount to murder," President Park Guen-Hye said on Monday.