‘We want answers’: South Korean families still grieving, still angry over Sewol sinking

Lee Keum-Hui showing the last photograph of her daughter Cho Eun-Hwa and a text message reading ‘There are still nine bodies left in the sunken ferry’, at her home in Ansan early this month. Photo: EPA

A year after the Sewol ferry sinking, families are still grieving and deeply angry at the government’s lack of action.

South Koreans mark the first anniversary this week of the Sewol ferry disaster which scarred the national psyche and left a lasting legacy of bitterness, mistrust and division.