The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy’s interim leader Rep. Park Young-sun (right) appeals to Kim Young-oh, who lost his daughter in the April 16 Sewol ferry accident, to accept the “special Sewol bill” agreed to with the ruling Saenuri Party at Gwanghwamun Plaza in central Seoul on Wednesday. Kim has been staging a hunger strike for 38 days. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald)