On the morning of Wednesday, 16 April 2014, the ferry MV Sewol sank while en route from Incheon towards Jeju City in South Korea. The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres
MV Sewol capsized and sinking, as taken by the Korea Coast Guard on 16 April 2014
Sewol at a port in Incheon in March 2014 one month prior to the disaster, after modifications had been made
Route of Sewol during the last voyage from Incheon to Jeju, the capsizing location marked by the rectangular speech bubble
Passengers and crew aboard the ship on the morning of 16 April
Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 until her removal from office in 2017. A member of the Grand National, Saenuri and Liberty Korea pa
Sinking of MV Sewol
…criticized were the ferry's operator, Chonghaejin Marine, and the regulators who oversaw its operations, along with the administration of President Park Geun-hye for her response to the disaster and attempts to downplay government culpability, and the Korean Coast Guard for its poor handling of the disaster, and…
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President Park on inauguration day, 25 February 2013
Park delivering the keynote speech during an economic policy meeting on 27 December 2013 at the Sejong Government Complex.
Park Geun-hye at a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on 7 May 2013