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![President Lee Jae Myung speaks at a memorial for the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking in Ansan, Gyeonggi, on April 16. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12535756.jpg?imageId=12535756&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The picture shows Yoo Byung-eun, the former chairman of Semo Group, involved in the tragic sinking of the Sewol ferry in 2014. [JOONGANG ILBO]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12058803.jpg?imageId=12058803&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
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![A memorial ceremony is held at Mokpo Port in South Jeolla on the 11th anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster on April 16. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11314214.jpg?imageId=11314214&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Yellow paper planes thrown by members of a choir land on the ground during a remembrance service for the victims of the Sewol ferry tragedy at Hwarang Public Garden in Ansan, Gyeonggi, on Tuesday, which marked the 10th anniversary of the tragedy. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12106010.jpg?imageId=12106010&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Yu Ga-young, a former Danwon High School student who survived the deadly accident, looks at the nameplate of Danwon High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi. [SON SUNG-BAE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10889301.jpg?imageId=10889301&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![From left: Doyoung of boy band NCT, Keonhee of boy band Oneus and actor Park Bo-young [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11987374.jpg?imageId=11987374&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A person looks at photos of victims of the Sewol ferry tragedy at a classroom of Danwon High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi, on Monday. Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of the tragedy, where 304 passengers and crew died after the Sewol ferry capsized off the coast of Jindo, South Jeolla, on April 16, 2014, while en route to Jeju Island. Of those who died on the ferry, 250 were juniors from Danwon High School. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12296141.jpg?imageId=12296141&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A massive sculpture commemorating the 304 victims of the Sewol ferry that sunk off the island of Byeongpung in Jindo County, South Jeolla, on April 16, 2014, sits on the National Maritime Safety Center building, which opened Thursday. The memorial center took eight years to build and is located 500 meters (0.3 miles) from Paengmok port, where families of the victims waited for the return of the passengers that went down with the ferry. Of the 304 dead and missing, 250 were students on a field trip. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10311548.jpg?imageId=10311548&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)