DONGGEOCHADO: South Korea’s sunken Sewol ferry emerged from the waters Thursday, nearly three years after it went down with the loss of more than 300 lives and dealt a crushing blow to now-ousted president Park Geun-Hye. Almost all the dead were schoolchildren and it is thought that nine bodies still unaccounted for may be trapped inside the sunken ship. Raising the ferry intact has been a key demand of the families of the victims. “Workers are on the Sewol ferry to fasten it to the barge,” Seoul’s maritime ministry said in an emailed statement. Protest siteThe Sewol disaster left the country deeply traumatised and was a crippling blow to the now-ousted leader Park Geun-Hye, whose dismissal was confirmed by Seoul’s top court only two weeks ago.

Source: Manila Times March 23, 2017 03:11 UTC