Captain Of Ferry

S-Korea ferry disaster: 6,000 cops storm church in search of owner

The huge operation came a day after President Park Geun-Hye urged police and prosecutors to step up a manhunt for Yoo Byung-Eun, 72, a leading member of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Korea.

S-Korea ferry: Captain, three crew members booked for manslaughter

The four, together with 11 other lower-ranking crew members, are accused of being the first to scramble to safety, while hundreds of passengers remained trapped in the sinking vessel.

S-Korean ferry: Another body found as search resumes

Searchers have found 276 bodies, and 28 passengers remain missing. Most of the victims were students from a single high school south of Seoul.

S-Korea ferry disaster: First sign was call from a frightened boy

The first distress call from a sinking South Korean ferry was made by a boy with a shaking voice, three minutes after the vessel made its fateful last turn.

S-Korea ferry: Survivors recall crew's quiet moments of bravery

Crew members are also struggling to understand why the captain, who some called kind-hearted, didn't stay on the ship longer or help oversee rescue operations.

S-Korea ferry death toll hits 146, search for missing gets tougher

The grim work of recovering bodies from the submerged South Korea ferry proceeded rapidly Wednesday, with the official death toll reaching 146.

Captain who deserted doomed S-Korean ferry had 40 years at sea

But his reputation now hinges on the moments last week when he delayed an evacuation and apparently left the ferry Sewol on one of the first rescue boats.

South Korea: Ferry didn't take sharp turn before sinking

South Korean officials say their earlier conclusion that the sunken ferry had made a sharp turn shortly before the disaster was incorrect, and that the vessel changed course much more gradually.