Carian mengenai topik Sewol Ferry

Memorials were held throughout the country including at the port of Mokpo in the south where the wreckage of the Sewol is on display.

At least ten people died and eight are missing after a South Korean fishing charter boat capsized, the coastguard said Sunday, while three survived after clinging to the wreckage for 10 hours.

South Korean judges handed down a 36 jail sentence to the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank in April with the loss of over 300 lives.

The captain in charge of the Sewol ferry when it sank told a South Korean court Wednesday that he "deserved the death penalty".

The captain, two navigators and the chief engineer of the Sewol ferry could face death penalty if convicted.

The Sewol ferry capsized and sank near the southwest coast of South Korea on April 16 with 476 passengers and crew on board.

Six more bodies were recovered early Sunday, as the confirmed death toll from the disaster now rose to 242.

Eight more bodies were recovered Saturday from the ferry that sank off South Korea last month, with 66 still unaccounted for.

Public anger over the sinking has been growing since footage emerged of crew members, including the captain abandoning the Sewol ferry.

Anguished families of missing passengers showed anger towards South Korean government's handling of the Sewol ferry sinking disaster.