Government apologizes for concealing bone finding from Sewol ferry
Social affairsNov 23, 2017
The prime minister apologized on Thursday as the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries was found to have concealed the discovery of a human bone fragment from the Sewol ferry until after the joint memorial service of five missing victims. A search team under the ministry found a piece of human wrist bone from the sunken ship last Friday, a day before the memorial service, but its chief Kim Hyun-tae decided to keep it a secret in a suspected bid to prevent additional search. The five missing victims’