Lee pledges utmost efforts not to repeat disaster seen in 2014 Sewol ferry sinking

President Lee Jae Myung pledged Thursday to make utmost efforts not to repeat a disaster that was seen in the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking, expressing his mourning over the maritime disaster. A total of 304 people, mostly teenagers on a high school trip, died when the Sewol ferry sank April 16, 2014, as the overloaded ship capsized. "I pledge to do my utmost to ensure that the lives and safety of the people are never again threatened due to money or the absence of the state," Lee said during a meeti

By The Korea Herald