Nag-hinginyerso an ferry na MV Sewol kan aga nin Abril 16, 2014, pasiring sa Jeju sa South Korea. An 6,825-ton na sakayan nagpadara nin signal nin kasakitan gikan sa mga 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi; 1.5 nmi) paamihanan kan Byeongpungdo kadtong 08:58 KST (23:5 UTC, Abril 15, 2014).[1] Sa 476 na pasahero asin tripulante, 304 an nagadan sa kalamidad, kaiba digdi an mga 250 estudyante hale sa Danwon High School sa Ansan City.[2][3][4] Sa 172 na nakaligtas, labing kabanga an nailigtas kan mga barotong pansira asin iba pang komersial na sakayan na nagdatong sa eksena nin mga 40 minutos bago pa man ponan kan Korea Coast Guard (KCG).[5]

An paglubog kan Sewol nagresulta sa lakopan na sosyal asin politikal na reaksyon sa laog nin South Korea. Pigtutuyaw kan dakul na tawo an mga ginibo kan kapitan asin ka-daklan sa mga tripulante.[6] Siring man, tinatsaran man an operador kaiyan kan ferry, si Chonghaejin Marine, asin an mga pararebokar na nagpasobra sa pagpunsionar kaini,.[7] asin man an administrasyon ni Presidente Park Geun-hye huli sa saiyang reaksion sa kalamidad asin pagprobar na pasaditon an pagkakibang nin gobyerno,.[8] asin kan Korean Coast Guard bilang sarong maluyang pamamaraan sa pag-asikaso kaiyan sa kapahamakan, saka kan hinohonang pagigin daing herak na inagihan kan nagsalbar na grupo.[9] An kariribokan ipinahayag man tumang sa enot na falsong report kan kalamidad nin gobyerno asin South Korean media, na naghingakong ilinigtas an gabos na nalulunadan,[10] asin kontra sa gobyerno huli sa patienot na pag-ako nguna kan imahen publiko manongod sa buhay kan mga siudadano kaiyan sa pagsayumang tumabang hale sa ibang nasyon, asin hayagan na pagpasadit sa grabeng kapahamakan.[11][12][13]

Kan Mayo 15, 2014, pig-tawan nin parusa na paggadan an kapitan asin tolong miyembro kan tripulante, mantang an ibang onseng myembro kan grupo pinagdediklarar na binayaan an bapor.[14] Bilang parte kan kampanya nin gobyerno na magkapot kan espiritwal sa publiko dapit sa opisyal na pagsimbag sa paglulubog kan barko, nagpaluwas nin aresto para ki Yoo Byung-eun (pahiling bilang may kagsadiri kan Chonghaejin Marine), alagad dai siya nakua apesar sarong mangindarang bilog na nasyon. Kan Hulyo 22, 2014, ipinahiling kan mga pulis na may nahiling sindang gadan sa sarong uma sa Suncheon, haros 290 kilometres (180 mi) sa timog nin Seoul.[2]

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