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South Korean Ferry Disaster - Page 11
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Antisocialmunky
United States5913 Posts
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/28/world/asia/south-korea-ship-sinking/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 | ||
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
On April 28 2014 22:34 Dangermousecatdog wrote: I'm confused. Is the PM of Korea responsible for the control of the rescue operation? It sounds like he is being made a scrapegoat for the convenience of the real corruption that caused the slow responses of the rescue. im not sure but it may have to do with initial reports, where someone (government?) claimed all the students were rescued and safe. then next they they say 200+ are missing. escape goat or not i think the top head is just taking responsibility for all the fuck ups. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9175 Posts
"Once again, please do not move from your current location," a voice says. "Absolutely do not move." Pretty damning, can't believe they kept repeating that. | ||
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marigoldran
219 Posts
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MstrJinbo
United States1251 Posts
On April 28 2014 18:57 -Archangel- wrote: So it seems my questions in the thread about why the rescue was not organized sooner were not unfounded. It is good to see that at least in some countries in this world there are honest politicians. I don't understand where the leap that the resignation has anything to do with honesty is coming from. | ||
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icystorage
Jollibee19350 Posts
i think most asians (japanese and koreans specifically) are too 'attached' (i dont know a better word for this) to the public's perception of them. It's almost similar to the vice principal committing suicide blaming himself since he thought that it was his idea for a trip. the resignation probably is because he blamed himself (or the public blaming him) for the slow response of his subordinates. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9175 Posts
Subway crash today. Noone killed. Not sure if ignoring the announcer's instructions is going to be a safe trend, could easily lead to another tragedy. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/02/us-southkorea-crash-idUSBREA4105S20140502 | ||
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cz
United States3249 Posts
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sCCrooked
Korea (South)1306 Posts
On May 03 2014 04:24 cz wrote: What are the reactions in Korea to this? What do netizens think? Most Koreans are very pissed off about this. It appears that the entire crew was not at their posts and were either slacking off or actually making things worse for the passengers' chances of survival. Not only was the order to "stay in your seats" repeatedly given for hours, but they were reassured that everything was fine until it was too late to have done anything. Hundreds of children are now dead because a ridiculous coward of a captain tried to cover for his own incompetency and that of the navigator and other crew. The captain and the crew were also first to scramble off the boat while telling all others to stay where they were. The crew had abandoned ship with the captain on the lifeboat for a time before people realized they were on a doomed ship with no crew. Neither captain nor navigator were present at their posts when the emergency occurred and they did not realize anything was wrong for a good half an hour. The negligence and deliberate misinformation to cover up their laziness only makes the parents more upset about the conditions of this incident. | ||
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furymonkey
New Zealand1587 Posts
On Tuesday, one civilian diver died at a hospital after becoming unconscious, government task force spokesman Ko Myung-seok said in a statement. According to other task force team officials, the 53-year-old diver was pulled to the surface by fellow divers after losing communication, he said. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_SKOREA_SHIP_DIVER_ACCIDENT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT | ||
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Antisocialmunky
United States5913 Posts
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9175 Posts
On May 06 2014 11:04 Antisocialmunky wrote: Its probably at the point where they should just raise the ship. Not sure why they haven't already, recovering 100% of bodies is not worth what the divers are going through. | ||
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killerdog
Denmark6522 Posts
Hopefully now people realise quite how dangerous/difficult it is for them, and some of the pressure to get it done as fast as possible, "no matter the cost," eases off. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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iremnant3847
Taiwan269 Posts
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don_kyuhote
3007 Posts
On May 21 2014 04:07 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: So the Ferry Captain failed to show up to court, so this is basically a manhunt now? It's not the captain; the dudes already being held in jail. It's the president of the ferry company or something...some guy in high place, but yeah, it's officially a manhunt now. On May 21 2014 17:52 iremnant3847 wrote: Have all the bodies of the victims been found? I can't seem to find any recent numbers. 16 (I think) still not found as of right now. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27480 Posts
Seems a reasonable enough time for a bump with these developments. What do you more knowledgeable on Korean affairs/those who live in Korea think is likely to happen in this case, is a death penalty at all likely to happen? I would imagine it was going to be put on the table given the intense public anger surrounding the affair, but that it wouldn't be likely to be the final verdict? | ||
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