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Chronology of S. Korea's deadly ship sinking accidents
April 16, 2014
The following is a list of deadly accidents involving sunken ships in South Korea. On Wednesday, a passenger ship carrying more than 470 people, mostly high school students, sank off the country's southern coast, leaving at least two dead and about 290 others missing as of 4 p.mDec. 15, 1970: Passenger liner Namyoung sinks off the coast of the southern city of Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, killing 323 people on board.Oct. 10, 1993: Passenger liner Seohae Ferry sinks off the southwestern coast of