Sunken Ferry

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  Indonesia Ferry That Sank In Volcanic Lake May Have Been Found: Officials

  Indonesian authorities said Monday they think they have pinpointed the location of an overloaded ferry that sank into the depths of a volcanic lake leaving scores missing presumed dead.

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  Overloaded South Korean Ferry Sunken 3 Years Ago Emerges In Grey Sea

  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.

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  Salvage Experts Start Survey of Sunken South Korean Ferry

  Chinese and South Korean salvage experts on Wednesday began an underwater survey of the sunken Sewol ferry -- the first step in the long, complex process of raising the 6,825-tonne vessel to the surface.

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  'No Possibility' of Survivors in China Ship Sinking: Official

  Authorities admit there is no hope for more survivors from a capsized Chinese cruise ship, as cranes on Friday slowly raised the sunken vessel with exhausted relatives preparing themselves for further agony.

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  South Korea President Says Sunken Sewol Ferry Will be Raised

  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.

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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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  Son, Brothers of Sunken South Korean Ferry Owner Convicted

  A South Korean court convicted three relatives of the sunken ferry's owner and other associates for corruption on Wednesday, about four months after the tycoon was found dead on the run.

• 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.

• About 100 Rescued From Sunken Philippine Ferry

  Rescuers saved about 100 people overnight and recovered two bodies from a ferry that sank in rough seas after encountering steering trouble in the central Philippines, officials said on Sunday.

• 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.

• Son of South Korean Sunken Ferry Owner Detained

  South Korean police detained the eldest son of the sunken ferry owner on Friday after two months on the run, three days after his billionaire father was confirmed dead.

• Student Survivors of South Korea Ferry March on Parliament

  More than 30 student survivors of South Korea's ferry disaster marched on parliament on Wednesday to press demands by victims' relatives for an independent inquiry into the tragedy that claimed around 300 lives.

• France Wants South Korea Ferry Owner Event Scrapped

  French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has called for a cultural event organised by a businessman wanted in connection with the deadly South Korean ferry disaster to be cancelled, sources said on Thursday.

• Owner of Sunken Korean Ferry Blamed for Five Earlier Crashes

  In the same narrow waterways where more than 300 people died this spring aboard the ferry Sewol, another ship owned by the same company crashed into an oil tanker 11 years earlier. The ferry's captain had chosen the difficult water path to cut a mere seven miles from its journey.

• Another Body Recovered From Sunken South Korean Ferry

  Dive teams on Tuesday recovered another victim of South Korea's ferry disaster, the first to be retrieved from the sunken vessel in 16 days in an increasingly frustrating search for the last bodies.