The sinking of Sewol is the deadliest ferry disaster in South Korea since 14 December 1970, when the sinking of the ferry Namyoung killed 326 out of the 338 people aboard.
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A crowd surge in a narrow alley in the capital's Itaewon district killed more than 150 people and injured more than 140 on Saturday evening. The victims were mostly young adults, and among the dead are 26 foreigners from 14 countries.
On April 16, 2014, Yu Ga-young, a 17-year-old student at Danwon High School recalls the day that shook the nation nine years ago. Yu is one of the 75 who survived the Sewol ferry disaster. The other 325 students did not return.
A monthslong underwater search of the ship ended after 295 bodies were recovered. Nine people who were on board remain missing, including four students and two teachers from Danwon High School in Ansan, south of Seoul, the South Korean capital. Of the 324 students from the school on board for a field trip, 250 drowned.
Seoul Halloween crowd crush: At least 153 dead in crowd surge, officials say. The incident occurred Saturday night in South Korea's capital. ABC News' Matt Gutman reports on the deadly crowd surge that killed at least 153 people and injured over 80 during Halloween festivities in Seoul.
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Eight years after the Sewol ferry disaster took the lives of 250 South Korean students, parents say they are still struggling to come to terms with the lessons the tragedy brought to bear.
South Korea Tries To Raise Sewol Ferry Nearly 3 Years After Deadly Sinking. The clarification is another tragic twist for relatives of the nine victims who remain missing nearly three years after the Sewol capsized off the South Korean coast, killing 304 passengers — most of whom were teens on a school trip.
The Sewol ferry sank on April 16, 2014 off Korea's southwestern coast while on its way to Jeju Island. A total of 304 people, mostly students and nine teachers from Danwon High school, died in the tragedy.
The 16 and 17 year-old children from Danwon-High School in Ansan, a city near to Seoul, were on a class trip to Jaeju island in a ferry named Sewol when it sank by the southwestern coast in South Korea on the 16th of April this year.
Despite following the adults' instructions to remain in the school, the students ultimately realize they have been abandoned. The situation directly alludes to the 2014 MV Sewol Ferry sinking, where 304 passengers, mostly high school students, were killed on a school trip.
What Happened During the Sewol Ferry Disaster? On April 16, 2014, the MV Sewol ferry was traveling from Incheon to Jeju when it sent out a distress signal, the 6,825-ton vessel had capsized and was sinking. The overloaded ferry sank after a sudden turn caused it to list to the right and capsize.
In addition to the 128 South Koreans confirmed killed by the government so far, multiple citizens from Iran, China, Russia, Japan and the US were also among the fatalities. According to government reports, 26 foreigners in total died from the crush of people in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district.
One attendee said the crush started when a group of young men pushed others until people started falling. Some survivors claimed that because business hours were over, nearby establishments had blocked people from entering to escape the crush.
In Emotional Scene, Teen Survivors Of South Korea Ferry Return To School : The Two-Way Only 75 of the 323 students aboard the ferry Sewol survived after the ship sank in April.
JINDO, South Korea (CNN) — Passengers aboard the doomed South Korean ferry could not board lifeboats because the vessel had already listed too much, a crew member on the ship said, according to a radio transcript released Sunday.
“At the time, the current was very strong, the temperature of the ocean water was cold, and I thought that if people left the ferry without (proper) judgment, if they were not wearing a life jacket, and even if they were, they would drift away and face many other difficulties,” Lee said.
Students aboard the stricken Sewol ferry had to use rising water levels to float out of their cabins after the ship listed, survivors told a South Korean court Monday.
The nine students, named Kim Jin-tae, Kim Jun-ho, Lee Jong-beom, Park Jun-hyeok, Seol Su-bin, Yang Jeong-won, Park Do-yeon, Lee In-seo and Jang Ae-jin, promised their departed friends to “never forget them and always remember them.” With just two days until the thousandth day since the Apr.
"This looks like the end!" a boy shouted into at a mobile phone held by one of his classmates, Park Su-hyeon. Before he could finish, another boy cut in: "Mum, Dad, I love you." The young passengers were among 325 second-year high school students on board the 6825-ton ferry, which sank on April 16.
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According to the 2021 Global Peace Index, this country ranks 57th out of 163 countries. You can feel confident visiting South Korea and also Seoul since it is a very safe city with low crime rates.