Ferry Disaster

Italy rescuers battle to save people from burning ferry off Greece coast, 1 dead

Rescuers battled in dark to save nearly 300 passengers trapped on a burning Italian ferry as coastguards reported one man had died in the high-seas drama.

South Korea decides to end ferry wreckage searches

South Korea said today it has ended underwater searches for the remaining missing people from April's ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people in one of the country's deadliest disasters in decades.

Ferry disaster: South Korea seeks death penalty for captain

South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300 people.

S. Korea opposition stage parliament sit-in over probe of ferry tragedy

The Ferry tragedy, blamed by many on regulatory failings and official incompetence, plunged South Korea into deep mourning and soul-searching.

Fugitive billionaire accused in S-Korea ferry disaster found dead in field

Yoo Byung-eun faced allegations of tax evasion, embezzlement and professional negligence

Fugitive S-Korea ferry tycoon's body 'found by police'

South Korean police believe they have found the body of a fugitive business tycoon wanted after the Sewol ferry sank in April killing hundreds, a report said today.

S-Korea ferry disaster: Prez reshuffles cabinet to win back trust

South Korea's president replaced seven Cabinet members in an apparent bid to win back sagging public trust in her administration after April's ferry disaster.

S-Korea ferry disaster: Reward for owner increased to $500,000

South Korea has boosted to half a million dollars a reward for tips about the mysterious billionaire who prosecutors say owns a ferry that sank last month.

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 Korean ferry disaster: Divers spot 3 bodies, captain arrested

The captain of the ferry that sank off South Korea, leaving more than 300 missing or dead, was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of negligence and abandoning people in need — three of whom were seen lifeless in the drowned vessel by a diver who was unable to get them out.