South Korea court orders state to pay compensation in 2014 ferry sinking

A South Korean court on Thursday ordered the government and a ferry operator to compensate the families of the victims of a deadly ferry sinking in April 2014 that claimed the lives of over 300 people, most of them high school students.The Seoul Central District Court awarded families the sum of 200 million won ($177,000) for each victim of the Sewol ferry sinking and 40 million won for each of their parents.The court acknowledged negligence on the part of the state and ferry operator Cheonghaejin Marine Co., saying maritime police failed to make sufficient efforts to rescue passengers and …READ FULL ARTICLE