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South Korea Mourns 10th Anniversary Of Ferry Disaster

Yellow ribbons are displayed near the main gates at a port in South Jeolla Province, near where the salvaged Sewol ferry sits (Credit: AFP)

South Korea on Tuesday marked the 10th anniversary of the country's worst-ever maritime disaster, when hundreds of schoolchildren died after the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized and sank.

The disaster and botched rescue efforts dealt a crushing blow to then-president Park Geun-hye, who was eventually impeached in 2017, and the tragedy remains divisive and politically sensitive in South Korea even now.

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