The MV Sewol ferry sank off South Korea's coast in 2014, killing over 300 people mostly high school students. The disaster remains a defining tragedy in South Korean society, commemorated annually and referenced in cultural works, while legal cases against the captain and crew continue to resonate.
·BTS's Spring Day song serves as enduring memorial to the 12th anniversary of the sinking
·South Korean ferry captain and three crew members charged with manslaughter in the disaster
·Parents of victims maintain children's rooms untouched since the tragedy
·The sinking sparked national reckoning with maritime safety and corporate accountability in South Korea
·Cultural works including Netflix series continue to invoke the disaster in contemporary storytelling
drawn from Encyclopedia Britannica, 매일경제, Time Magazine, The New Yorker · updated 27d ago