Tag: South Korea

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses for a moment of silence for those who died in the ferry disaster as Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye, participate in the bilateral meetings at the Blue House, Friday, April 25, 2014, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama urges Japan, SKorea to move past tensions

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2014 10:24 am

A diver jumps into the sea to look for people believed to have been trapped in the sunken Sewol ferry near buoys which were installed to mark the vessel in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea, Friday, April 25, 2014. Frustrated relatives of the scores of people still missing from the sinking of the ferry staged a marathon confrontation with the fisheries minister and the coast guard chief, surrounding the senior officials in a standoff that lasted overnight and into Friday morning as they vented their rage at the pace of search efforts.(AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

Divers battle darkness and fear to find bodies

Gillian Wong · April 25, 2014 9:41 am

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U.S. looking into reports of detained American in North Korea

Meghashyam Mali · April 25, 2014 4:00 am

Families of ferry’s lost confront SKorea officials

Families of ferry’s lost confront SKorea officials

GILLIAN WONGYOUKYUNG LEE · April 25, 2014 1:30 am

Raw: Angry Relatives Confront SKorea Officials

Raw: Angry Relatives Confront SKorea Officials

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2014 4:12 pm

Mourners pay tribute to the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol during a temporary memorial at the auditorium of the Olympic Memorial Museum in Ansan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Divers made their way deeper Thursday into the submerged wreck of the ferry that sank more than a week ago as the death toll neared 160 and relatives of the more than 140 still missing pressed the government to finish the grim task of recovery soon. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Jokes are out as South Korea mourns ferry victims

JungYoon Choi · April 24, 2014 11:23 am

A mother, center, of a passenger aboard the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast cries after confirming her daughter's name on the list of the victims found dead at a port in Jindo, South Korea, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. The grim work of recovering bodies from the submerged South Korea ferry proceeded rapidly Wednesday, with the official death toll reaching more than 140, though a government official said divers must now rip through cabin walls to retrieve more victims. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

SKorea ferry toll hits 159 as relatives wait

GILLIAN WONGLEON DROUIN-KEITH · April 24, 2014 1:33 am

SKorea Ferry Toll Hits 156, Search Gets Tougher

SKorea Ferry Toll Hits 156, Search Gets Tougher

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2014 12:34 am

In this Tuesday, April 22, 2014, searchers and divers look for people believed to have been trapped in the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea. One by one, coast guard officers carried the newly arrived bodies covered in white sheets from a boat to a tent on the dock of this island, the first step in identifying a sharply rising number of corpses from the South Korean ferry that sank nearly a week ago. (AP Photo/Korea Pool) KOREA OUT

SKorea ferry toll hits 146 as search gets tougher

GILLIAN WONGHYUNG-JIN KIM · April 23, 2014 4:12 am

Lee Jong-eui, 48, shows a photo of his nephew Nam Hyun-chul,17, one of missing passengers aboard the ferry Sewol sank off South Korea, during an interview at a gymnasium in Jindo, South Korea Saturday, April 19, 2014. Relatives of about 270 people missing have grown increasingly exasperated and distrusting of South Korean authorities, in part because of confusion, early missteps and perceived foot-dragging. For days, they have dealt with shock, fear and bewilderment. They have briefly been buoyed by new ideas for finding survivors, changes in death counts and the number of missing, even rumors of contact with trapped relatives, only to be let down later. (AP Photo/Gillian Wong)

Profiles of some of SKorean ferry’s dead, missing

GILLIAN WONGYOUKYUNG LEE · April 22, 2014 12:58 pm

Lee Joon-seok, center, the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast, arrives at the headquarters of a joint investigation team of prosecutors and police in Mokpo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014. The captain of the sunken ferry, leaving more than 300 missing or dead, was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of negligence and abandoning people in need. Two crew members also were taken into custody, including a mate who a prosecutor said was steering in challenging waters unfamiliar to her when the accident occurred. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

Acts of bravery emerge from pilloried ship crew

YOUKYUNG LEEFOSTER KLUG · April 22, 2014 12:14 pm

A weeping relative of a passenger aboard the sunken Sewol ferry prays as she awaits news on her missing loved one at a port in Jindo, South Korea, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. As divers continue to search the interior of the sunken ferry, the number of confirmed deaths has risen, with about 220 other people still missing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Death count in ferry sinking tops 100

Gillian Wong · April 22, 2014 12:11 pm