Description: A Resource For Journalists for unbiased truth of the tragic Sewol Disaster and the cover-up of the South Korean Government
A Resource for Journalists
Eight years later, the cause has not been officially determined . The last official body in South Korea to investigate the sinking, the Social Disasters Commission, produced a report in September, 2022 that could not rule out an “external” cause, such as a collision with an underwater object. Many inaccuracies and misconceptions contained in the early news reports are still reported today as indisputable truths by some global media outlets. This is because, before it fell, the Park Administration orchestrat
The Park Administration used every lever of government, including the military and the police, to direct the public’s attention from itself. It even harassed and investigated loved ones of the children who died in the sinking, committing human rights violations to intimidate the families and stop them from seeking answers. The Social Disasters Commission, in its final report, found that by doing so the government had committed state crimes. Yet the families never relented, and their Candlelight Protests eve