Ferry passengers recount chaos: ‘Jungle law prevailed’
There were no fire alarms at first, no knocks on the door from the crew, just thick, acrid smoke filling cabins and waking passengers on the overnight ferry from Greece to Italy.
S. Korean ferry captain gets 36 years in prison
A South Korean ferry captain was sentenced Tuesday to 36 years in prison for negligence and abandoning passengers when his ship sank earlier this year.
South Korea seeks death penalty for ferry captain
South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that sank earlier this year, killing more than 300 people.
Fury, cargo questions surround sunken ferry
Frustrated relatives of the scores of people still missing from the sinking of the ferry Sewol held the fisheries minister and the coast guard chief overnight, angry about the pace of divers who have recovered 183 bodies so far but may have nearly 120 left to find in the dark rooms of the submerged vessel.
Vice principal saved from Korea ferry found hanged
Police say a high school vice principal who had been rescued from a sinking South Korean ferry has been found hanging from a tree.