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The informative easy to read introduction to world news
1st May 2014
British English edition
Issue Number 222
In this issue
New wheat disease
Hunter-gatherers and farmers Red deer remember Iron
Curtain
Tree of Hippocrates
Freedom Day in Portugal
Giant iceberg on the move
President Obama visits Asia
Four popes in one day
Anzac memorial day
Extremely Large Telescope
Floating nuclear power
‘Big Pharma’ asset-swap
Hamas and Fatah unite
Memorial altar in South Korea, set up to remember those who died in the ferry accident
SOUTH KOREA – DISASTER, MOURNING AND GUILT
Park Geun-hye, the president of South
Korea, met with senior government ministers on 29th April. During the meeting she made a speech. It was shown on live television. Ms Park said she wanted to say sorry to the Korean people. She acknowledged that her government had failed to prevent the recent ferry accident. Ms Park apologised to the families of the 302 people who are believed to have died in the disaster.
Two days before Ms Park’s speech,
South Korea’s prime minister, Jung
Hong-won, decided to resign. He also apologised for what had happened. Mr
Chung declared that ‘the cries of the families of those who died kept him awake at night’. He admitted that the rescue operation was badly managed and far too slow.
On the evening of 15th April a car and passenger ferry called the MV Sewol
left the port of Incheon. (MV stands for
Motor Vessel. ‘Sewol’ is the Korean for
‘time and tide’.) The ship was late leaving because of thick fog. It was sailing to
Jeju Island.
On board were 476 people. Over 300 were teenagers from a high school not far from Seoul, South Korea’s capital city.
Fifteen teachers accompanied them. The students and teachers were going to Jeju
Island for a four-day field trip. The ship sailed with a crew of 29. Another 89 passengers were on the ferry. It was also carrying cars, trucks and cargo containers.
The ship was
™
The informative easy to read introduction to world news
1st May 2014
British English edition
Issue Number 222
In this issue
New wheat disease
Hunter-gatherers and farmers Red deer remember Iron
Curtain
Tree of Hippocrates
Freedom Day in Portugal
Giant iceberg on the move
President Obama visits Asia
Four popes in one day
Anzac memorial day
Extremely Large Telescope
Floating nuclear power
‘Big Pharma’ asset-swap
Hamas and Fatah unite
Memorial altar in South Korea, set up to remember those who died in the ferry accident
SOUTH KOREA – DISASTER, MOURNING AND GUILT
Park Geun-hye, the president of South
Korea, met with senior government ministers on 29th April. During the meeting she made a speech. It was shown on live television. Ms Park said she wanted to say sorry to the Korean people. She acknowledged that her government had failed to prevent the recent ferry accident. Ms Park apologised to the families of the 302 people who are believed to have died in the disaster.
Two days before Ms Park’s speech,
South Korea’s prime minister, Jung
Hong-won, decided to resign. He also apologised for what had happened. Mr
Chung declared that ‘the cries of the families of those who died kept him awake at night’. He admitted that the rescue operation was badly managed and far too slow.
On the evening of 15th April a car and passenger ferry called the MV Sewol
left the port of Incheon. (MV stands for
Motor Vessel. ‘Sewol’ is the Korean for
‘time and tide’.) The ship was late leaving because of thick fog. It was sailing to
Jeju Island.
On board were 476 people. Over 300 were teenagers from a high school not far from Seoul, South Korea’s capital city.
Fifteen teachers accompanied them. The students and teachers were going to Jeju
Island for a four-day field trip. The ship sailed with a crew of 29. Another 89 passengers were on the ferry. It was also carrying cars, trucks and cargo containers.
The ship was