About this episode
The episode discusses the Sewol Ferry Disaster, a tragic event in which a ferry carrying South Korean students sank, leading to numerous avoidable deaths.
In 2014 a ferry carrying hundreds of South Korean high school students on a field trip sunk, killing almost everyone on board. Hauntingly, their deaths were fully avoidable: everyone from the dock inspector to the Coast Guard to the president failed them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Topics covered
- disaster
- tragedy
- accountability
- safety
- education
- society
Keywords
- Sewol Ferry
- disaster
- South Korea
- high school students
- tragedy
- accountability
- safety
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Coast Guard, dock inspector
Places: South Korea
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