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South Korea commemorates 10th anniversary of Sewol ferry tragedy

TH (Synthesis) April 16, 2024 22:20

South Korea has held a memorial service to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster that killed hundreds of students.

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People gather at Paengmok Port during a memorial service for victims of the Sewol ferry sinking, April 16, 2023.

According to Yonhap news agency, South Korean Interior Minister Lee Sang-min and Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok along with about 200 people attended the memorial service at Incheon Family Park Cemetery, which holds the ashes of 44 victims who died in the ferry sinking a decade ago.

Coast Guard ships also took some of the victims' families to the site of the ferry sinking off the southern coast of South Korea for a memorial service.

On the same afternoon, a memorial service was held in the port city of Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, where authorities salvaged the wreckage of the Sewol ferry and it is now on display.

The 6,825-ton Sewol ferry, carrying 476 passengers, capsized off the coast of Jindo Island on April 16, 2014, while en route to the resort island of Jeju. South Korea's worst maritime disaster killed 304 people, including 250 students and 11 teachers from Danwon High School.

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South Korea commemorates 10th anniversary of Sewol ferry tragedy