Tag: Captain Lee Joon-seok

South Korea president says conduct of ferry crew tantamount to murder

BY JU-MIN PARK JINDO, South Korea Mon Apr 21, 2014 12:10am EDT (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Monday the actions of the captain and crew of a ferry that sank last week with hundreds feared dead were tantamount to murder, as authorities arrested four more officers of the vessel. Sixty-four people are known to have died and 238 are missing, presumed dead, in the sinking of the Sewol ferry last Wednesday. Most […]