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The captain and three crew members of the sunken South Korean ferry have been charged with murder, the chief prosecutor said.

Capt. Lee Joon-seok, the chief engineer, and the first and second mates could face the death penalty if convicted of the charges, but it has been nearly two decades since the last time capital punishment was carried out in the country. Ref. CNN

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Six months after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of South Korea, a victim's body was discovered inside the wreckage today.

The body was found on the fourth floor in the women's bathroom, located at the center of the sunken Sewol ferry, according to the South Korea joint task force.

The body has not been retrieved yet.

The ferry sank on April 16, killing at least 294 people. Ref. CNN

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The captain of the sunken South Korean ferry, Lee Joon-Seok was found not guilty of murder, but sentenced to 36 years. More than 300 people died in the incident in April. Ref. CNN

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36 years is a very long time. He was responsible for the deaths of so many and he will have to live with that for the rest of his life - that alone is a heavy burden.

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Dozens missing after South Korean boat sinks off Russian coast

At least one person has died and 54 people are unaccounted for after a South Korea-flagged trawler sinks off of Russia's far eastern Chukotka peninsula, Russian news agencies reported Monday. Earlier this year, hundreds of people were killed, most of them students, when a South Korean ferry capsized. In that incident, the ship's captain and crew failed to carry out proper emergency procedures, a court later found. Ref. USAToday