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SEOUL (REUTERS) – A South Korean court ruled on Thursday (July 19) that the government and the operator of the ferry Sewol, which sank in 2014 killing 304 people mostly schoolchildren, must compensate the victims' families. [19659002] The ferry was structurally unsound, overloaded and traveling too fast on the face of it. of the bereaved families of 118 students filed a lawsuit in 2015 against the government and the ferry operator, Chonghaejin Marine.
The Seoul Central District Court Order of the Family was provided 200 million won (S $ 241,444) per victim, and additional compensation of between 5 million won (S $ 6,036) and 80 million won (S $ 96,580) per family member.
Chonghaejin Marine overloaded the Sewol and i The victim died while the crew was still under control.
"The victims died while "Judge Lee Sang-hyun in the document."
"But this is not the case. and compensation. "
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