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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