The captain of the Sewol ferry, which sank in South Korea last April, has been found guilty of murder on appeal and sentenced to life imprisonment, according to a court in the southern city of ...

Survivors praise Sewol crew member Park Jee Young as a hero, as she helped them escape and distributed life jackets as the ferry sank off South Korea.

Investigation concluded, legal battle continues . The sinking of the Sewol ferry en route from Incheon to Jeju resulted in the deaths of 304 passengers, including a large number of second-year ...

HWASEONG, South Korea — On April 16, 2014, my son Su-hyeon Park died in the Sewol ferry disaster, along with 249 of his high school classmates. They were on an overnight trip. The world watched ...

The Sewol sank on April 16, killing 304 people, mostly high school students who were on their way to a field trip to Jeju island, off South Korea’s southern coast. “We kept waiting with belief ...

South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been very frank about the structural problems behind the sinking of the ferry Sewol, one of the worst major disasters to hit the country.

Convicted on homicide charges. The captain of the Sewol ferry that sank last year, killing more than 300 people, was sentenced to life in prison, a South Korean appeals court ruled Tuesday.

W hen the Sewol ferry sank in April, South Korea was united in trauma over the tragedy of a routine ferry ride that somehow resulted in the deaths of around 300 people, many of them high school ...

South Korean media outlets are engaged in a rare spell of soul-searching over coverage of the Sewol ferry disaster—even taking the unusual step of issuing apologies.

Survivors praise Sewol crew member Park Jee Young as a hero, as she helped them escape and distributed life jackets as the ferry sank off South Korea.

Bereaved families say 'time stopped 11 years ago' Many families said they still live in the moment of April 16, 2014, unable to move forward from the day the ferry capsized. Looking toward the hull of ...