South Korea's PM resigns over ferry disaster
Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announces resignation amid criticism of government handling of the Sewol ferry disaster.
South Korea's prime minister has announced his resignation over the widespread criticism over the government's response to the April 16 ferry disaster.
Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation early on Sunday at an emergency press conference in Seoul, the capital.
The Sewol ferry sank on a routine trip south from the port of Incheon to the traditional holiday island of Jeju.
More than 300 people, most of them students and teachers from one high school on a field trip, have died or are missing and presumed dead.
The children were told to stay put in their cabins, where they waited for further orders. The confirmed death toll on Sunday was 187.
Tempers have frayed over the slow pace of the recovery and frequent changes in information provided by the government.
President Park Geun-hye, who has the most power in government, was booed by some of the relatives of the missing when she visited a gym where families of the missing were staying.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/04/south-korea-pm-resigns-over-ferry-disaster-201442703119736746.html
Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announces resignation amid criticism of government handling of the Sewol ferry disaster.
South Korea's prime minister has announced his resignation over the widespread criticism over the government's response to the April 16 ferry disaster.
Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation early on Sunday at an emergency press conference in Seoul, the capital.
The Sewol ferry sank on a routine trip south from the port of Incheon to the traditional holiday island of Jeju.
More than 300 people, most of them students and teachers from one high school on a field trip, have died or are missing and presumed dead.
The children were told to stay put in their cabins, where they waited for further orders. The confirmed death toll on Sunday was 187.
Tempers have frayed over the slow pace of the recovery and frequent changes in information provided by the government.
President Park Geun-hye, who has the most power in government, was booed by some of the relatives of the missing when she visited a gym where families of the missing were staying.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/04/south-korea-pm-resigns-over-ferry-disaster-201442703119736746.html
