Schools in South Korea offer survival swimming lessons following Sewol ferry tragedy 10 years ago

A DISASTER THAT SHOCKED THE NATION

Ferry services between Incheon and Jeju Island were immediately suspended following the tragedy. 
 
It took seven years before operations resumed. However, this was short-lived – services halted again in April last year.
 
Mr Lee Sung-no, who runs a convenience store at Incheon port terminal, believes South Koreans simply cannot bring themselves to take the same ferry route after the tragedy, which left citizens in a state of mourning for months.
 
“The disaster caused huge trauma. People did not even want to utter the word ‘Jeju’ around here,” he said. 
 
“After a while, (the ferry) business resumed, but it wasn’t doing well. And from what I heard, within about a year, there were incidents of engine failure, frequent failures, and with hardly any customers, the business folded.”