South Korea marks first anniversary of tragic ferry disaster
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Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2015 · News & Politics
Thursday marks the first anniversary of South Korea’s Sewol ferry disaster, in which 304 people, mostly school children, died. The tragedy shocked the country, highlighting lax safety regulations and inadequate disaster preparedness. Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports from Seoul. More on our website: http://aljazeera.com Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AJEnglish Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Find us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/aljazeera
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