Ferry Accident

S-Korea ferry tragedy: For families of missing victims, the wait continues

Relatives of the 10 passengers still missing remain at the gym, a staging area for the families since the South Korean ferry disaster began.

Bangladesh: Strong currents hamper rescue effort in ferry accident

High waves and strong currents prevented rescuers from launching a search operation Tuesday for a ferry that capsized a day earlier in central Bangladesh.

S-Korean president names ex-supreme court judge as PM

outh Korean President Park Geun-hye named on Thursday a former supreme court justice as Prime Minister to replace an incumbent who resigned over the government's inadequate response to the April 16 ferry disaster that killed more than 300 passengers.

South Korea disaster: Shady past of ferry co owner in focus

At other times in his chequered past, Yoo Byung-un, in his 70s, has been a bankrupt and an inventor of household and health-related devices.

S-Korea ferry incident: Body of boy who raised alarm found

Investigations are focused on human error or a mechanical fault, with media saying the ship was three times overloaded, with cargo poorly stowed and inadequate ballast water.

S-Korea ferry Live: 146 dead, search for missing continues

More than 100 people were still unaccounted Wednesday several hours after a ferry carrying 476, most of them high school students, sank in South Korea.

S-Korea ferry: Rescued vice-principal found hanging

Police say a high school vice principal who had been rescued from a sinking South Korean ferry has been found hanging from a tree.

Full Text: South Korean ferry's distress calls before sinking

The toll in the sinking of a ferry, carrying 475 people, mostly high school students, in sea waters off South Korea's southwest coast, rose to 28 Friday, officials said.

S-Korea ferry: Transcript shows captain delayed evacuation

The order at 9 am by an unidentified official at the Jeju Vessel Traffic Services Center to put on lifejackets and prepare for evacuation came just five minutes after a Wednesday morning distress call.

Anxious parents pray for the children aboard the South Korean ferry

Parents continue to wait for news of their children hold prayer services for the safe return of their children aboard the South Korean ferry which sank.