SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s president announced plans Monday to disband the coast guard and root out corruption and collusion between regulators and shipping companies that furious citizens believe led to a ferry disaster last month that
South Korea to disband coast guard after ferry disaster
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People at the Seoul Train Station watch South Korean President Park Geun-hye's televised speech to the nation about the sunken ferry Sewol. Photo: AP
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"SEWOL".- Park’s Sewol address: apology and high-handed measures
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Park’s Sewol address: apology and high-handed measures
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President Park Geun-hye steps aside from the podium to bow in apology for her responsibility for the Sewol ferry sinking, during her public statement from the Blue House, May 19. (by Lee Jeong-yong, staff photographer)
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Response measures were announced without any consultation, in the President’s usual unilateral style
By Seok Jin-hwan, Blue House correspondent and Kim Oi-hyun, staff reporterThe public statement that President Park Geun-hye made on May 19 can be roughly divided
El pesquero "Santa Ana" llega a El Musel horas después de ser reflotado
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El "Alonso de Chaves" fue el encargado de remolcar el buque hasta el puerto de Gijón
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El pesquero "Santa Ana" llega a El Musel horas después de ser reflotadoMara Villamuza
Amaya P. GIÓNLa empresa gallega encargada de reflotar el "Santa Ana" ha conseguido izar hoy el barco hundido junto al Cabo Peñas. Aunque las primeras informaciones indicaban que ayer mismo podría haberse reflotado el pesquero, finalmente las circunstancias técnicas aconsejaron dejar la operación para primera hora de hoy. Con retraso sobre el horario previsto, pasadas las 13.00 horas comenzó a emerger el pecio del arrastrero.
Tras la operación de equilibrado del buque y de su inspección por parte
Sewol.- Senior shipping official nabbed
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By Kim Tae-gyu
The prosecution arrested a senior official of the Korea Shipping Association (KSA), Wednesday, on charges of having taken bribes, as it widens its investigation into the sinking of the ferry Sewol.
The official surnamed Goh is suspected of having received tens of millions of won from insurance experts who evaluate damage caused by maritime accidents.
The KSA, an interest group for shipping companies, collects insurance premiums from shipping companies and makes payments for accidents.
Goh is accused of having accepted requests for excessive payments in return for substantial kickbacks from assessors.
The KSA paid out a total of 60
The official surnamed Goh is suspected of having received tens of millions of won from insurance experts who evaluate damage caused by maritime accidents.
The KSA, an interest group for shipping companies, collects insurance premiums from shipping companies and makes payments for accidents.
Goh is accused of having accepted requests for excessive payments in return for substantial kickbacks from assessors.
The KSA paid out a total of 60