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South Korea: 261 dead, 39 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
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Pathfinder
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Re: More than 300 people, (mostly students and teachers), missing after South Korea ferry sinks
Re: More than 300 people, (mostly students and teachers), missing after South Korea ferry sinks
(LEAD) Six dead, 290 missing in S. Korean ferry sinking
2014/04/17 04:42
JINDWASHINGTON, April 17 (Yonhap) -- At least six people were killed, with the fate of 290 others unknown, in the sinking of a South Korean ferry off the country's southwestern coast, officials said early Thursday.
As military divers and other rescuers resumed a desperate search for survivors shortly after noon, two more bodies were recovered, the Coast Guard announced.
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The 6,825-ton Sewol, heading to the Jeju Island with 475 people on board, capsized after sending a distress call at around 8:58 a.m. Wednesday (Korea time). It completely sank two hours and 20 minutes later.
Passengers include 375 students and 14 teachers from Ansan Danwon High School, who were on a four-day field trip to the island. Among them, 179 have been rescued.
The exact reason for the sinking remains unconfirmed but reports suggest that it might have hit an underwater rock. Rescuers say many of the passengers and crew seem to have been trapped in the vessel. Authorities plan to start working to recover the sunken vessel as early as Friday.
Some text messages sent by students at the time of sinking were made public. "Mom, I am sending this as I may have no chance to say. I love you!" read a message.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/17/26/0301000000AEN20140417000251315F.html
Re: More than 300 people, (mostly students and teachers), missing after South Korea ferry sinks
(LEAD) Six dead, 290 missing in S. Korean ferry sinking
2014/04/17 04:42
JINDWASHINGTON, April 17 (Yonhap) -- At least six people were killed, with the fate of 290 others unknown, in the sinking of a South Korean ferry off the country's southwestern coast, officials said early Thursday.
As military divers and other rescuers resumed a desperate search for survivors shortly after noon, two more bodies were recovered, the Coast Guard announced.
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The 6,825-ton Sewol, heading to the Jeju Island with 475 people on board, capsized after sending a distress call at around 8:58 a.m. Wednesday (Korea time). It completely sank two hours and 20 minutes later.
Passengers include 375 students and 14 teachers from Ansan Danwon High School, who were on a four-day field trip to the island. Among them, 179 have been rescued.
The exact reason for the sinking remains unconfirmed but reports suggest that it might have hit an underwater rock. Rescuers say many of the passengers and crew seem to have been trapped in the vessel. Authorities plan to start working to recover the sunken vessel as early as Friday.
Some text messages sent by students at the time of sinking were made public. "Mom, I am sending this as I may have no chance to say. I love you!" read a message.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/17/26/0301000000AEN20140417000251315F.html
sharon sanders
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Re: Six dead, 290 missing (mostly students and teachers) after South Korea ferry sinks
Re: Six dead, 290 missing (mostly students and teachers) after South Korea ferry sinks
Survivors still alive on South Korean ferry: father
BY NARAE KIM
JINDO, South Korea Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:59pm EDT
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Re: Six dead, 290 missing (mostly students and teachers) after South Korea ferry sinks
Survivors still alive on South Korean ferry: father
BY NARAE KIM
JINDO, South Korea Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:59pm EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/16/us-korea-ship-idUSBREA3F01Y20140416
Pathfinder
Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: 14 dead, 282 missing (mostly students and teachers) after South Korea ferry sinks
Re: 14 dead, 282 missing (mostly students and teachers) after South Korea ferry sinks
(7th LD) Death toll rises to 14 in ferry sinking
2014/04/17 22:35
JINDO/SEOUL, South Korea, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Rescuers fought rising winds and waves on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people believed to be still trapped inside a ferry that sank off South Korea's southern coast a day earlier.
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As of 10 p.m., 14 out of 475 passengers aboard the 6,325-ton ferry Sewol have been confirmed dead, while 179 others have been rescued. The fate of the remaining 282 remains unknown.
A total of 325 passengers were students from Danwon High School in Ansan, just south of Seoul. They were on a trip to Jeju Island. The 14 dead include five students and two teachers from the school, and two crew members. The identities of the five others were not immediately known.
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Also mobilized to scour the area are 169 boats and 29 aircraft, Kang said. Two salvage cranes are also on their way to the scene to raise the sunken vessel, with one of them expected to arrive on Friday morning and the other in the evening, the minister said.
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Later on Thursday, police said text messages allegedly sent to missing students' family members claiming to be from survivors inside the ferry had been faked.
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Police said those behind the texts hurt the families of the missing and caused confusion in the search efforts, and added they will face criminal charges, including for defamation and obstruction of justice by deception.
The ship, which plies between Incheon and Jeju twice a week, was built in Japan in 1994, is 146 meters long and 22 meters wide, and has the maximum capacity of carrying 921 people, 180 vehicles and 152 shipping containers at the same time.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/17/60/0302000000AEN20140417002057315F.html
Re: 14 dead, 282 missing (mostly students and teachers) after South Korea ferry sinks
(7th LD) Death toll rises to 14 in ferry sinking
2014/04/17 22:35
JINDO/SEOUL, South Korea, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Rescuers fought rising winds and waves on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people believed to be still trapped inside a ferry that sank off South Korea's southern coast a day earlier.
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As of 10 p.m., 14 out of 475 passengers aboard the 6,325-ton ferry Sewol have been confirmed dead, while 179 others have been rescued. The fate of the remaining 282 remains unknown.
A total of 325 passengers were students from Danwon High School in Ansan, just south of Seoul. They were on a trip to Jeju Island. The 14 dead include five students and two teachers from the school, and two crew members. The identities of the five others were not immediately known.
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Also mobilized to scour the area are 169 boats and 29 aircraft, Kang said. Two salvage cranes are also on their way to the scene to raise the sunken vessel, with one of them expected to arrive on Friday morning and the other in the evening, the minister said.
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Later on Thursday, police said text messages allegedly sent to missing students' family members claiming to be from survivors inside the ferry had been faked.
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Police said those behind the texts hurt the families of the missing and caused confusion in the search efforts, and added they will face criminal charges, including for defamation and obstruction of justice by deception.
The ship, which plies between Incheon and Jeju twice a week, was built in Japan in 1994, is 146 meters long and 22 meters wide, and has the maximum capacity of carrying 921 people, 180 vehicles and 152 shipping containers at the same time.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/17/60/0302000000AEN20140417002057315F.html
Pathfinder
Editor, Senior Moderator
South Korea : 29 dead, more than 270 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
South Korea : 29 dead, more than 270 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
(2nd LD) Vice principal rescued from ferry disaster found hanged
2014/04/18 20:50
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The senior teacher from Danwon High School near Seoul, identified by his surname Kang, 52, was found hanging from a tree on a hill near an indoor gymnasium on the southern island of Jindo, where parents of the students missing from the sunken ferry are staying, at around 4:05 p.m., the officers said.
The officers said they have discovered a suicide note in Kang's wallet.
"Surviving alone is too painful while 200 remain unaccounted for. I take full responsibility. I pushed ahead with the school trip," he wrote.
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"I will once again become a teacher in the afterlife for my students whose bodies have not been discovered," he also wrote.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/18/23/0302000000AEN20140418007152315F.html
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U.S. military team still optimistic of finding more survivors of Korean ferry sinking
2014/04/19 02:04
By Lee Chi-dong
WASHINGTON, April 18 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. Navy team, helping South Korea search for survivors of a ferry disaster, remains optimistic despite tricky weather conditions, a news report said.
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Two MH-60 Seahawk choppers, based on the U.S. ship, have been scouring the area, with more than 270 people still missing. Twenty-nine others were found dead.
"For as long as we are tasked to do search and rescue work at the scene we should remain optimistic and hold out hope,"Navy Lt. Arlo Abrahamson told NBC News.
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Meanwhile, South Korea's Coast Guard corrected the number of those who were aboard the doomed ferry to 476 from 475.
It also changed the number of confirmed survivors to 174, five fewer than previously announced. It cited counting errors.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/19/39/0301000000AEN20140419000300315F.html
South Korea : 29 dead, more than 270 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
(2nd LD) Vice principal rescued from ferry disaster found hanged
2014/04/18 20:50
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The senior teacher from Danwon High School near Seoul, identified by his surname Kang, 52, was found hanging from a tree on a hill near an indoor gymnasium on the southern island of Jindo, where parents of the students missing from the sunken ferry are staying, at around 4:05 p.m., the officers said.
The officers said they have discovered a suicide note in Kang's wallet.
"Surviving alone is too painful while 200 remain unaccounted for. I take full responsibility. I pushed ahead with the school trip," he wrote.
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"I will once again become a teacher in the afterlife for my students whose bodies have not been discovered," he also wrote.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/18/23/0302000000AEN20140418007152315F.html
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U.S. military team still optimistic of finding more survivors of Korean ferry sinking
2014/04/19 02:04
By Lee Chi-dong
WASHINGTON, April 18 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. Navy team, helping South Korea search for survivors of a ferry disaster, remains optimistic despite tricky weather conditions, a news report said.
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Two MH-60 Seahawk choppers, based on the U.S. ship, have been scouring the area, with more than 270 people still missing. Twenty-nine others were found dead.
"For as long as we are tasked to do search and rescue work at the scene we should remain optimistic and hold out hope,"Navy Lt. Arlo Abrahamson told NBC News.
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Meanwhile, South Korea's Coast Guard corrected the number of those who were aboard the doomed ferry to 476 from 475.
It also changed the number of confirmed survivors to 174, five fewer than previously announced. It cited counting errors.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/19/39/0301000000AEN20140419000300315F.html
Pathfinder
Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: South Korea: 56 dead, more than 246 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
Re: South Korea: 56 dead, more than 246 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
(5th LD) Divers comb sunken ferry after recovering bodies from inside for first time
2014/04/20 15:39
JINDO, South Korea, April 20 (Yonhap) -- ..
A total of 16 bodies were recovered from inside the ship since Navy and Coast Guard divers pulled the first of them Saturday night, reinforcing fears that many of hundreds of people still unaccounted for are trapped inside the wreckage.
More bodies were recovered later Sunday, bringing the death toll to 56 and the number of those missing to 246.
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About 560 divers will take turns to go underwater during the day while 204 Navy, Coast Guard and private vessels and 34 aircraft will scour the area, officials said. Diving operations are expected to pick up pace as five underwater routes guiding divers to the wreck have been set up, officials said.
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Investigators looking into the disaster said Sunday that the ferry maintained radio communication with the vessel traffic service (VTS) on the island of Jindo for 31 minutes after it first sent a distress call to the VTS on the destination island of Jeju at 8:55 a.m. Wednesday.
At the start of the communication, the Jindo VTS ordered the ferry to take emergency steps to evacuate passengers, but the crew took no such measures during the communication. The communication was cut off at 9:37 a.m., and the crew appears to have immediately started escaping from the ferry, leaving hundreds of passengers behind, investigators said.
Early Sunday, the first funerals were held for students from Danwon High School in Ansan near Seoul. The three 17-year-olds were among the 325 students aboard the ship on a school trip to Jeju. Dozens of the students have been confirmed dead, and most of the missing are also students from the same school.
Funerals for two teachers were also held.
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Re: South Korea: 56 dead, more than 246 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
(5th LD) Divers comb sunken ferry after recovering bodies from inside for first time
2014/04/20 15:39
JINDO, South Korea, April 20 (Yonhap) -- ..
A total of 16 bodies were recovered from inside the ship since Navy and Coast Guard divers pulled the first of them Saturday night, reinforcing fears that many of hundreds of people still unaccounted for are trapped inside the wreckage.
More bodies were recovered later Sunday, bringing the death toll to 56 and the number of those missing to 246.
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About 560 divers will take turns to go underwater during the day while 204 Navy, Coast Guard and private vessels and 34 aircraft will scour the area, officials said. Diving operations are expected to pick up pace as five underwater routes guiding divers to the wreck have been set up, officials said.
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Investigators looking into the disaster said Sunday that the ferry maintained radio communication with the vessel traffic service (VTS) on the island of Jindo for 31 minutes after it first sent a distress call to the VTS on the destination island of Jeju at 8:55 a.m. Wednesday.
At the start of the communication, the Jindo VTS ordered the ferry to take emergency steps to evacuate passengers, but the crew took no such measures during the communication. The communication was cut off at 9:37 a.m., and the crew appears to have immediately started escaping from the ferry, leaving hundreds of passengers behind, investigators said.
Early Sunday, the first funerals were held for students from Danwon High School in Ansan near Seoul. The three 17-year-olds were among the 325 students aboard the ship on a school trip to Jeju. Dozens of the students have been confirmed dead, and most of the missing are also students from the same school.
Funerals for two teachers were also held.
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sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Re: South Korea: 56 dead, more than 246 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
Re: South Korea: 56 dead, more than 246 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
There are many media reports on television that the death toll is growing as bodies are being located and brought to shore.
Just unbelievable. So many young people lost in a preventable accident.
Condolences to all involved. So, so, so sad.
Re: South Korea: 56 dead, more than 246 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
There are many media reports on television that the death toll is growing as bodies are being located and brought to shore.
Just unbelievable. So many young people lost in a preventable accident.
Condolences to all involved. So, so, so sad.
Pathfinder
Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: South Korea: 121 dead, 181 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
Re: South Korea: 121 dead, 181 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
South Korea ferry disaster: Death toll crosses 120; more crew members detained
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JINDO , South Korea (AFP) - The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster rose sharply to more than 120 Tuesday as divers speeded up the grim task of recovering bodies from the submerged ship and police took two more of its crew into custody.
Better weather and calm seas spurred their efforts but underwater visibility was still very poor, forcing divers to grope their way blindly though the corridors and cabins of the ferry that capsized and sank last Wednesday.
Nearly one week into one of South Korea's worst peacetime disasters, close to 200 of the 476 people who were aboard the 6,825-tonne Sewol - most of them schoolchildren - are still unaccounted for. The official toll stood at 121, with 181 still missing.
Distraught families of victims gathered in the morning at the harbour on Jindo island - not far from the disaster site - awaiting the increasingly frequent arrival of boats with bodies....
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http://www.straitstimes.com/news/as...ath-toll-crosses-120-more-crew-members-detain
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South Korea ferry disaster: Death toll crosses 120; more crew members detained
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JINDO , South Korea (AFP) - The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster rose sharply to more than 120 Tuesday as divers speeded up the grim task of recovering bodies from the submerged ship and police took two more of its crew into custody.
Better weather and calm seas spurred their efforts but underwater visibility was still very poor, forcing divers to grope their way blindly though the corridors and cabins of the ferry that capsized and sank last Wednesday.
Nearly one week into one of South Korea's worst peacetime disasters, close to 200 of the 476 people who were aboard the 6,825-tonne Sewol - most of them schoolchildren - are still unaccounted for. The official toll stood at 121, with 181 still missing.
Distraught families of victims gathered in the morning at the harbour on Jindo island - not far from the disaster site - awaiting the increasingly frequent arrival of boats with bodies....
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http://www.straitstimes.com/news/as...ath-toll-crosses-120-more-crew-members-detain
Pathfinder
Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: South Korea: 189 dead, 113 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
Re: South Korea: 189 dead, 113 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
(2nd LD) Search complete in half of sunken ferry's compartments: Coast Guard
2014/04/27 23:54
JINDO, South Korea, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Divers have combed through just over half of the ferry Sewol's compartments, excluding those without passengers, a senior Coast Guard official said Sunday, as more than 100 people remained missing nearly two weeks after the deadly sinking.
Of the Sewol's 111 compartments, 47 have been excluded from the search as there is "no possibility" that passengers could be found there, Kim Su-hyeon, the chief of the Coast Guard's west regional headquarters, said in a press briefing.
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"Putting the vessel in an upright position is difficult, and doing so could damage the bodies," Kim said. "It would be best to put the vessel in an upright position after all of the bodies have been recovered."
Kim also vowed to consider all possible methods in conducting the search operations, saying that experts from the Netherlands and other countries have been consulted.
"There have been no similar cases abroad," he said. "The experts' common view is that there is no way to overcome the strong currents in the Maenggol Channel and the low visibility there."
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Officials said they plan to use wire cutters belonging to the Navy to open doors that have been shut closed by obstacles. As a last resort, they also plan to use explosives, but only with the consent of family members.
As public anger mounted over the government's poor response to the disaster, Prime Minister Chung Hong-won held himself responsible for the problems and offered to step down.
President Park Geun-hye said she would accept the resignation offer but only after the situation has been brought under control.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/27/56/0302000000AEN20140427001252315F.html
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(3rd LD) One more body recovered from sunken ferry amid bad weather
2014/04/28 18:25
JINDO, South Korea, April 28 (Yonhap) -- Braving inclement weather, rescue workers retrieved one more body from a sunken ferry Monday in their on-and-off search operations for more than 100 passengers still missing.
The body was recovered from the sunken ferry on Monday afternoon, raising the death toll to 189 and lowering the number of those unaccounted for to 113, according to the Coast Guard.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2014/04/28/0200000000AEN20140428002453315.html
Re: South Korea: 189 dead, 113 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
(2nd LD) Search complete in half of sunken ferry's compartments: Coast Guard
2014/04/27 23:54
JINDO, South Korea, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Divers have combed through just over half of the ferry Sewol's compartments, excluding those without passengers, a senior Coast Guard official said Sunday, as more than 100 people remained missing nearly two weeks after the deadly sinking.
Of the Sewol's 111 compartments, 47 have been excluded from the search as there is "no possibility" that passengers could be found there, Kim Su-hyeon, the chief of the Coast Guard's west regional headquarters, said in a press briefing.
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"Putting the vessel in an upright position is difficult, and doing so could damage the bodies," Kim said. "It would be best to put the vessel in an upright position after all of the bodies have been recovered."
Kim also vowed to consider all possible methods in conducting the search operations, saying that experts from the Netherlands and other countries have been consulted.
"There have been no similar cases abroad," he said. "The experts' common view is that there is no way to overcome the strong currents in the Maenggol Channel and the low visibility there."
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Officials said they plan to use wire cutters belonging to the Navy to open doors that have been shut closed by obstacles. As a last resort, they also plan to use explosives, but only with the consent of family members.
As public anger mounted over the government's poor response to the disaster, Prime Minister Chung Hong-won held himself responsible for the problems and offered to step down.
President Park Geun-hye said she would accept the resignation offer but only after the situation has been brought under control.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/27/56/0302000000AEN20140427001252315F.html
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(3rd LD) One more body recovered from sunken ferry amid bad weather
2014/04/28 18:25
JINDO, South Korea, April 28 (Yonhap) -- Braving inclement weather, rescue workers retrieved one more body from a sunken ferry Monday in their on-and-off search operations for more than 100 passengers still missing.
The body was recovered from the sunken ferry on Monday afternoon, raising the death toll to 189 and lowering the number of those unaccounted for to 113, according to the Coast Guard.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2014/04/28/0200000000AEN20140428002453315.html
Pathfinder
Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: South Korea: 226 dead, 76 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
Re: South Korea: 226 dead, 76 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
Divers suffer growing fatigue from prolonged ferry search
2014/05/02 15:36
JINDO, South Korea, May 2 (Yonhap) -- ...
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The confirmed death toll has risen to 226 and 76 still remain missing, with many of them believed to be trapped inside the ship.
The search and rescue operation has long since turned into a grueling recovery of corpses as no one has been found alive since the day of the ship's sinking. The work has been becoming even more difficult as divers have had to break through closed cabin doors blocked by debris.
As search efforts continued round-the-clock over the past several days amid growing pressure from grieving families, divers have increasingly suffered exhaustion, with some of them treated for decompression sickness after ascending from depths of over 30 meters.
On Thursday, a 31-year-old civilian diver fell unconscious after diving four times before daybreak to set guideline ropes around the ship, raising concern over the safety of divers.
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As the search is expected to last throughout next week, the government disaster response team limited each diver to swimming only once a day to prevent decompression sickness.
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One body, believed to be that of a female student, was found about 4 kilometers southeast of the disaster site. The location was in the opposite direction from a site where another body was recovered two days ago.
The government disaster response team has set up multiple nets around the area to prevent bodies from being swept away by strong currents, officials said.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/05/02/42/0302000000AEN20140502003400315F.html
Re: South Korea: 226 dead, 76 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
Divers suffer growing fatigue from prolonged ferry search
2014/05/02 15:36
JINDO, South Korea, May 2 (Yonhap) -- ...
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The confirmed death toll has risen to 226 and 76 still remain missing, with many of them believed to be trapped inside the ship.
The search and rescue operation has long since turned into a grueling recovery of corpses as no one has been found alive since the day of the ship's sinking. The work has been becoming even more difficult as divers have had to break through closed cabin doors blocked by debris.
As search efforts continued round-the-clock over the past several days amid growing pressure from grieving families, divers have increasingly suffered exhaustion, with some of them treated for decompression sickness after ascending from depths of over 30 meters.
On Thursday, a 31-year-old civilian diver fell unconscious after diving four times before daybreak to set guideline ropes around the ship, raising concern over the safety of divers.
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As the search is expected to last throughout next week, the government disaster response team limited each diver to swimming only once a day to prevent decompression sickness.
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One body, believed to be that of a female student, was found about 4 kilometers southeast of the disaster site. The location was in the opposite direction from a site where another body was recovered two days ago.
The government disaster response team has set up multiple nets around the area to prevent bodies from being swept away by strong currents, officials said.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/05/02/42/0302000000AEN20140502003400315F.html
Pathfinder
Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: South Korea: 261 dead, 39 people still missing (mostly students and teachers) after ferry sinks
(2nd LD) Search for sunken ferry continues despite diver's death
2014/05/06 15:56
JINDO, South Korea, May 6 (Yonhap) -- Rescue workers continued their search Tuesday for 39 people still missing in the sinking of a ferry 20 days ago, despite growing concern over their health following the death of a diver during a pre-dawn mission.
The recovery of passengers' bodies from the Sewol ferry has been underway since the ship sank in southwestern waters off Jindo on April 16, raising the confirmed death toll to 263.
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As Coast Guard, Navy and civilian divers have braved the harsh weather to carry out the grim task of retrieving bodies in the last three weeks, they have increasingly been suffering from exhaustion, with some of them treated for decompression sickness and other injuries.
On Tuesday, a 53-year-old civilian worker fell unconscious shortly after diving into waters around 25 meters deep at 6:05 a.m.
The veteran crew member of Undine Marine Industries, who was only identified by his surname Lee, was brought to a nearby hospital at around 7:12 a.m., but he was pronounced dead soon after.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/05/06/17/0302000000AEN20140506000951315F.html
(2nd LD) Search for sunken ferry continues despite diver's death
2014/05/06 15:56
JINDO, South Korea, May 6 (Yonhap) -- Rescue workers continued their search Tuesday for 39 people still missing in the sinking of a ferry 20 days ago, despite growing concern over their health following the death of a diver during a pre-dawn mission.
The recovery of passengers' bodies from the Sewol ferry has been underway since the ship sank in southwestern waters off Jindo on April 16, raising the confirmed death toll to 263.
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As Coast Guard, Navy and civilian divers have braved the harsh weather to carry out the grim task of retrieving bodies in the last three weeks, they have increasingly been suffering from exhaustion, with some of them treated for decompression sickness and other injuries.
On Tuesday, a 53-year-old civilian worker fell unconscious shortly after diving into waters around 25 meters deep at 6:05 a.m.
The veteran crew member of Undine Marine Industries, who was only identified by his surname Lee, was brought to a nearby hospital at around 7:12 a.m., but he was pronounced dead soon after.
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/05/06/17/0302000000AEN20140506000951315F.html