Tag: Sewol ferry

Dead student from sunken South Korea ferry identified

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – A third set of human remains found following the recovery of South Korea’s sunken Sewol ferry has been identified as one of the missing victims, officials said Thursday. Cho Eun-Hwa, a 17-year-old girl from Danwon High School, was named by the maritime ministry in a statement. The wreck was salvaged in March and towed to the port of Mokpo last month so authorities could find the remains of nine unaccounted […]

“Please save us quickly” — student inside ferry sends text message to father

    (Reuters) – Several people appear to have survived in an air pocket of a capsized South Korean ferry, the father of one of the school children aboard the boat told a Reuters reporter accompanying families out to the scene of the disaster on Thursday. About 290 people are still missing out of 450 passengers on the Sewol ferry, which capsized in still-mysterious circumstances off the Korean peninsula on Wednesday in what could be […]