Sewol Facts

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Summary:
The Sewol sinking garnered extensive media coverage around the world. Eventually, as with coverage in Korea, it shifted from focusing on the incident itself to stories about Yoo Byung-eun. But unlike the Korean media, the media in the West did not correct coverage that had initially been inaccurate, because their reporters had moved on.  

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A convenient repository of articles, essays, summaries of investigations, and other factual materials related to the sinking of the Sewol ferry.

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No Known Cause

No Known Cause

Despite numerous investigations spanning years, the cause of the Sewol ferry sinking has never been determined. Questions about the government’s

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Abuse of Power

The Park Administration used South Korea’s Defense Security Command (DSC) or military intelligence service to spy, wiretap, surveil, and intimidate

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Scapegoating

The Park Administration identified the Yoo Byung-eun family as the main culprit of the Sewol disaster soon after the accident.

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