
One year after the Sewol ferry disaster.
The Sewol ferry disaster, which occurred a year ago, claimed the lives of 304 people, mostly schoolchildren. For the families of the victims, the pain is immense.

The Sewol ferry disaster, which occurred a year ago, claimed the lives of 304 people, mostly schoolchildren. For the families of the victims, the pain is immense.

(VTC News) - Let's look back at the world-shattering events of the first half of 2014.

(VTC News) - The video shows the SEWOL captain attempting to escape from the sinking ferry, abandoning hundreds of passengers to face death.

(VTC News) - Under pressure and public criticism for delays in the rescue efforts for the sunken Sewol ferry, the South Korean Prime Minister resigned on April 27.

(VTC News) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye accepted Prime Minister Chung Hong-won's resignation following the SEWOL ferry disaster, but with conditions attached.

(VTC News) - BBC reports that South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won has announced his resignation amid public criticism of the government's handling of the SEWOL disaster.

(VTC News) - "After finding Ms. Thanh's body, even though they were prepared, the family was still in shock," an official from the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea told VTC News.

(VTC News) - A man who miraculously survived the disaster recounts his haunting memories inside the capsized ferry with the trapped students frantically calling for help.

(VTC News) - BBC reports that divers are continuously recovering bodies of victims from the ferry capsizing off the coast of South Korea, and the total number of fatalities has reached 104.

While four sailors on the SEWOL ferry were arrested for violating maritime law, female sailor Park Jee Young was hailed as a hero for her sacrifice.

(VTC News) - RT news agency reports that South Korean divers have recovered 20 more bodies, raising the death toll from the ferry capsizing to 61.

(VTC News) - As the death toll rose, police had to stop a protest by about 100 parents of students missing on the ferry.

(VTC News) - Officials from the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea speak about the situation of the family of the Vietnamese bride who went missing in the SEWOL ferry disaster.

A South Korean prosecutor revealed that four crew members of the ill-fated SEWOL ferry have been detained on charges of failing to protect passengers in distress.

(VTC News) - American media reports that the captain of the sunken South Korean ferry could face life imprisonment while he is suspected of abandoning passengers.

(VTC News) - South Korean divers have recovered 10 more bodies, raising the death toll to 46 in the country's worst ferry disaster in decades.

(VTC News) - South Korea has recovered the first three bodies from the ferry sinking, while a Vietnamese woman is said to still be missing.

(VTC News) - One hypothesis put forward by authorities for the capsizing of the South Korean ferry on April 16th is that the ferry suddenly changed course and struck a reef.

(VTC News) - Following the tragic ferry sinking, the captain was arrested while a teacher who was rescued committed suicide because so many students were still trapped.

(VTC News) - The captain of the Sewol ferry is facing questions related to the ferry sinking accident in the waters off southern South Korea.

(VTC News) - Despite the heavy rain and strong winds lashing against her face, blurring her tears, Christine Kim stood on the beach, shouting her daughter's name.

(VTC News) - The messages sent by passengers on the SEWOL ferry to their loved ones as the ferry was slowly sinking sent chills down many people's spines.

(VTC News) - This ferry capsizing could be South Korea's biggest maritime disaster in over 20 years, witnesses say there was a loud explosion before the accident.

(VTC News) - In low-light conditions, rescue workers searched all three compartments of the sunken ferry carrying 400 passengers but found no victims.

(VTC News) - President Truong Tan Sang sent a message of condolences to South Korean President Park Geun-hye regarding the ferry sinking incident that claimed many lives.

(VTC News) - A survivor said the students tried to rush out but were helpless because the windows and compartment doors were too sturdy.

(VTC News) - Two mysterious accidents have left hundreds missing, but the ferry sinking is said to be even more dangerous than the MH370 incident.

The South Korean coast guard received a distress signal from a ferry carrying approximately 450 people that was sinking off the southwestern coast of South Korea, 20km from the shore.