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South Korea ferry disaster: How everything that could go wrong did go wrong

SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans were taken aback Monday when President Park Geun-hye decreed that the captain and crew of the Sewol, the 6825-ton sunken ferry, conducted themselves in a way “akin to an act of murder,” fleeing the listing ship without ensuring the safety of the 476 passengers on board.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 22, 2014

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