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South Korean Coast Guard officers try to search missing passengers aboard the Sewol ferry in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea, Friday, April 18, 2014. The doomed ferry's captain delayed evacuation for half an hour after a South Korean transportation official ordered preparations to abandon ship, raising more questions about whether quick action could have saved scores of passengers still missing Friday and feared dead, according to a transcript of the ship-to-shore exchange and interviews with a crewmember. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

South Korea changing maritime rules after sinking

Youkyung Lee · May 5, 2014 8:38 am

FILE - In this April 16, 2014 file photo, South Korean coast guard officers try to rescue passengers from the Sewol ferry as it sinks in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea. The doomed ferry Sewol exceeded its cargo limit on 246 trips - nearly every voyage it made in which it reported cargo - in the 13 months before it sank, according to documents that reveal the regulatory failures that allowed passengers by the hundreds to set off on an unsafe vessel. And it may have been more overloaded than ever on its final journey. (AP Photo/Yonhap, File) KOREA OUT

South Korea ferry was routinely overloaded

Youkyung Lee · May 4, 2014 5:21 am

A mourner weeps as he pays tribute to the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast at a gymnasium, in Ansan, South Korea, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. The victims are overwhelmingly students of a single high school in Ansan, near Seoul. More than three-quarters of the 323 students are dead or missing, while nearly two-thirds of the other 153 people on board the ferry Sewol when it sank one week ago survived. (AP Photo/Korea Pool) KOREA OUT

SKorean city full of grief prepares for more

Youkyung Lee · April 23, 2014 12:19 pm

A relative of a passenger aboard a sunken ferry weeps at a port in Jindo, South Korea, South Korea, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Strong currents, rain and bad visibility hampered an increasingly anxious search Thursday for more than 280 passengers still missing a day after their ferry flipped onto its side and sank in cold waters off the southern coast of South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Classmates celebrating 60th birthday among missing

Youkyung Lee · April 17, 2014 9:57 am

People are reflected on the electronic board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Friday, April 11, 2014. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock average fell more than 400 points at one point in morning trading. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Tech sell-off sends Asian stock markets lower

Youkyung Lee · April 11, 2014 5:07 am

Visitors try out Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Note 3 at its showroom in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Declining smartphone prices hit profit at Samsung for a second straight quarter. The consumer technology heavyweight said Tuesday that it expects operating income of about 8.4 trillion won ($8 billion) for the January-March quarter, down 4 percent from a year earlier. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Samsung’s profit falls as smartphones get cheaper

Youkyung Lee · April 8, 2014 7:58 am

South Korean models pose with LG Electronics' organic light-emitting diode (OLED) television during World IT Show in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. South Korea's largest annual IT show open Tuesday for four days in Seoul and participate big companies such as Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Co. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Old habits at Samsung, LG embarrass them abroad

Youkyung Lee · April 3, 2014 8:37 am

Samsung ‘puzzled’ as smartphone launch upstaged

Youkyung Lee · March 27, 2014 4:20 am

Curvy edifice in Seoul begs $450 million question

Youkyung Lee · March 21, 2014 5:31 am

Asian stocks mostly down ahead of Fed news

Youkyung Lee · March 19, 2014 12:50 am

Lippo, Caesars to open casino resort in SKorea

Youkyung Lee · March 18, 2014 5:51 am

Hyundai overstated mileage for revamped sedan

Youkyung Lee · March 17, 2014 6:47 am