Tag: Sewol

South Korea Offers Compensation to Families of Sewol Ferry Victims

South Korea will review its rules from scratch from better safety aboard ships.

ITF seafarers section chair David Heindel described the 36 year sentence handed down to Captain Lee Joon-Seok as Excessive and unjust

SRI has given an initial response to the judgement handed down to the sinking of the South Korean ferry SEWOL

South Korean prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the master of the ferry Nautilus International has voiced alarm at reports that South Korean prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the master of the ferry Sewol, which sank in April killing more than 300 people.Captain Lee Joon-seok has been charged with homicide and prosecutors claim that he failed in his duty by leaving his vessel 'without making any efforts to rescue passengers'.Prosecutors asked for three other crew members to be sentenced to life imprisonment, and called for terms of between 15-30 years for the other 11 crew members who were tried on lesser charges.The court is expected to deliver its verdict and sentences for all 15 crew members in November. No one has been executed in South Korea since 1997.Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson said he was deeply disturbed to hear of the drastic sentences being sought by prosecutors. 'From the outset, there has been a concerted drive to criminalise the captain and crew in this incident,' he said, 'and these extreme penalties take the practice of scapegoating seafarers to an unprecedented level.'It has become clear since the tragic loss of the Sewol that, as with many other maritime ...

The Mission to Seafarers chaplain in Pusan, South Korea, The Revd Simon Ro, has described his work in recent weeks as "completely heartbreaking"

Delegates to IMO's Legal Committee observed a minute's silence (28 April 20214) to demonstrate their compassion for the victims of the tragic accident involving the ferry Sewol on 16 April 2014.