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South Korea marks 10th anniversary of ferry disaster

16/04/24
Dans Asie / Singapour

A series of memorial events were held across South Korea on Tuesday as the country marked the 10th anniversary of the country's worst maritime disaster, when hundreds of schoolchildren died after the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized and sank. The disaster and botched rescue efforts dealt a crushing blow to then-president Park Geun-hye, who was eventually impeached in 2017, and the tragedy remains divisive and politically sensitive in South Korea even now. Lim Yun Suk reports.

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