On July 22, 2014, police revealed that they had established that a dead man found in a field in Suncheon, roughly 290 kilometres (180 mi) south of Seoul, was Yoo. As part of a government campaign to manage public sentiment over the official response to the sinking, an arrest warrant was issued for Yoo Byung-eun (described as the owner of Chonghaejin Marine), but he could not be found despite a nationwide manhunt. On May 15, 2014, the captain and three crew members were charged with murder, while the other eleven members of the crew were indicted for abandoning the ship. Outrage has also been expressed against the initial false reporting of the disaster by the government and South Korean media, who claimed everyone aboard had been rescued, and against the government for prioritizing public image over the lives of its citizens in refusing help from other countries, and publicly downplaying the severity of the disaster. Also criticized were the ferry's operator, Chonghaejin Marine, and the regulators who oversaw its operations, along with the administration of President Park Geun-hye for her response to the disaster and attempts to downplay government culpability, and the KCG for its poor handling of the disaster, and the perceived passivity of the rescue-boat crew on scene.

Many people criticized the actions of the ferry's captain and most of the crew. The sinking of Sewol resulted in widespread social and political reaction within South Korea. In addition to the 304 passengers killed, 185 cars were lost. Out of 476 passengers and crew, 306 died in the disaster, including around 250 students from Danwon High School ( Ansan City), Of the approximately 172 survivors, more than half were rescued by fishing boats and other commercial vessels that arrived at the scene approximately 40 minutes before the Korea Coast Guard (KCG). The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi 1.5 nmi) north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, April 15, 2014). The ferry MV Sewol sank on the morning of April 16, 2014, en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea. MV Sewol capsized and sinking, as taken by the Korea Coast Guard on April 16, 2014Īround 12:05 a.m.

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