Ten years after South Korean ferry disaster, mothers express their grief on stage

Lee Mi-kyung, mother of a victim in the deadly Sewol ferry disaster, acts on a stage in Ansan, South Korea, April 6, 2024. REUTERS/Daewoung Kim

ANSAN, South Korea (Reuters) - For Lee Mi-kyung, whose son was one of the 250 children who died in South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster 10 years ago, coping with the grief and anger has been incredibly hard. She works through her pain on stage.

"I will no longer hide in darkness, nor be defeated by sorrow, nor cry in despair," Lee, 58, declares in a play in which seven mothers of children who died in the tragedy portray their journey of mourning.