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Sewol. The ferry MV Sewol sank on the morning of April 16, 2014, en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea. [16] The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi; 1.5 nmi) north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, April 15, 2014). [17]
Sewol was a RoPax ferry that was built by the Japanese company Hayashikane Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. (Japanese: 林兼船渠) in 1994. [2] At 146 m (479 ft) in length [3] and 22 m (72 ft) in width, [4] the ferry could carry 921 passengers, [5] or a total of 956 persons, including the crew. [6] The ferry had a legal capacity for 180 ...
Intention (Korean: 그날, 바다; RR: Geunal, bada) is a 2018 documentary film directed by Ji-young Kim, who also directed the follow-up investigation, Ghost Ship. [2] The film focuses on the South Korean government's involvement in and cover up of the Sewol ferry disaster in 2014. It features scientific analyses and testimonies from survivors ...
South Korea remembered the 304 people, most of them school children, who died on the Sewol ferry on the 10th anniversary of its sinking on Tuesday, with families calling for a proper apology for ...
The Truth Shall Not Sink with Sewol (Korean: 다이빙벨; RR: Daibingbel; lit. Diving Bell) is a South Korean documentary film about the sinking of the MV Sewol, directed by Lee Sang-ho and Ahn Hae-ryong.
Field of Vision (II) Running time. 28 Minutes. Country. South Korea. Language. Korean. In the Absence ( Korean : 부재의기억) is a 2018 South Korean–American [1] [2] short documentary film that depicts the sinking of the MV Sewol in 2014, in which three hundred people – mostly school children from Danwon High School – lost their lives ...
April 16, 2014: Captain Lee Joon-seok abandoned the South Korean ferry MV Sewol. The captain and much of the crew were saved, while hundreds of students from Danwon High School embarked for their trip remained in their cabins, according to instructions provided by the crew. [32] [6] Many passengers apparently remained on the sinking vessel and ...
This statue, serving as a combination of both Sewol protest and impeachment efforts, was covered in yellow ribbons on which citizens wrote their hopes for a better Korea and messages to the victims of the sinking. [4] The sinking of the Sewol was a key driving factor of the former president's impeachment, as people questioned the president's ...