One Sailor on a naval vessel died while the ship was on its way to the disaster site. A civilian diver assisting in the recovery effort died also. Not all of the remains have been found; the bodies still missing may not even be inside the ferry anymore. The link I posed in post #32 is still active.
Let me tell you what happens at a school in South Korea when a student dies. When the school has the graduation ceremony for when that student should be graduating, the student’s mother or father will walk in the graduation march, while carrying a large funerary picture (that’s the photo you’ve seen on news sometimes with the student in school uniform and the frame decked with black ribbon). At one of the schools where I taught in South Korea, I witnessed saw that done for one boy who was killed the year before I got to the school. I can’t imagine how sad the scene will be for the graduation ceremony for the students who perished on the Sewol.
I’ve never understood this sentiment. Did the man receive a trial? Was he convicted? Was he incarcerated or even executed for his crime? The answer to all three is no. So, he “got away” in that sense. He also managed, with the help of members of his church, to evade the manhunt.
If the total death toll is 300, it will be the tenth worst ferry sinking since 2000. Which means there is a worse ferry sinking disaster than this every 18 months or so. Those that take place in poor countries are paid little notice by the Media, because the victims are poor and, accordingly, not important.
A South Korean business magnate whose case was turned away by the U.S. Supreme Court was extradited back to South Korea early Thursday morning, resolving much of a years-long legal battle over the man’s whereabouts, arrest and attempted prosecution by the South Korean government.
More about the case, especially his (alleged) embezzlement at the link.