What is Sewol?
{{italic title}} The ferry MS ''Sewol'', travelling from [[Incheon]] towards [[Jeju Island]] off the south coast of [[South Korea]], sank on April 16, 2014 near [[Jindo Island]] off the southwest coast, resulting in the death of 304 people.<ref>{{cite news|last=Withnall|first=Adam|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/south-korea-ferry-disaster-civilian-divers-scouring-the-sewol-wreckage-are-being-paid-by-the-body-presidential-office-suggests-9435932.html|title=South Korea ferry disaster: Civilian divers scouring the Sewol wreckage are being ‘paid by the body’, presidential office suggests|work=The Independent|date=26 May 2014|accessdate=2014-05-28|archive-date=2014-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531145011/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/south-korea-ferry-disaster-civilian-divers-scouring-the-sewol-wreckage-are-being-paid-by-the-body-presidential-office-suggests-9435932.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Gil-dong|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140418001041|title=Major disasters in Korea|publisher=The Korea Herald|date=18 April 2014|accessdate=2014-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Over 280 missing after South Korean ferry capsizes|date=16 April 2014|agency=Reuters|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/04/16/us-korea-ship-idINKBN0D205U20140416|access-date=14 June 2014|archive-date=5 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605125600/http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/04/16/us-korea-ship-idINKBN0D205U20140416|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Coord|34|13|5|N|125|57|0|E|type:event_dim:10km|display=title}} [[Category:2014 disasters]] [[Category:2014 in Asia]] [[Category:2010s disasters in Asia]] [[Category:2010s in South Korea]] [[Category:April 2014 events]] <!--[[Category:Disasters in South Korea]]--> [[Category:Shipwrecks]] [[Category:Transport in South Korea]] {{multistub|history|transport|Asia}}