In South Korea, and yesterday took a tour of the 416 Institute of Democratic Citizenship Education. The institute commemorates the 2014 sinking of the #Sewol Ferry that claimed the lives of hundreds of students from Danwon High School in Ansan.

The Institute includes the Danwon High School 4.16 Memory Classroom, which is made up of the original classrooms of the students that has been moved and rebuilt exactly as they were in the museum. The tour was led by mother’s of the students who lost their children. They talked about their children, the lack of regulations that allowed the Sewol to sink, and the fights to establish these Memory Classrooms.

#416 #Ansan #SouthKorea @sts @histodons

🇰🇷 Qué rápido pasa el tiempo. Hoy se cumplen nueve años del hundimiento del ferry #Sewol, que dejó más de 300 fallecidos, la mayoría estudiantes que se dirigían a la isla de #Jeju.

Hoy, en #Corea, se han preparado actos de recuerdo en varias ciudades para honrar a las víctimas de una tragedia que se produjo, según la investigación, por un exceso de carga en el buque, que triplicaba el máximo permitido.

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@GhostOnTheHalfShell also, these are the same guys who were spying on grieving #sewol families to expose marital affairs and the like to undermine their credibility in the fight for justice for their dead kids.

There is just no level these people can stoop to that would be surprising any more.

#korea Park Bo-na, older sister of Park Sung-ho (Danwon High School sophomore, Class 5), victim of the #Sewol ferry tragedy writes letter of consolation and solidarity to families of #itaewon disaster

#세월호 #이태원참사

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1073241.html

I guess an #introduction should be the first post! 
I #research & #teach #Korean and Korean #diasporic #film, #literature, pop culture. #theatre & #performance. I am currently writing two books: one is on how theatre & performance represent the #Sewol Ferry #disaster; the other is on how the discourses and practices of #K-pop #fan #labor have shifted from the 1990s to today. Lastly, I am sometimes an #interpreter & #translator and a full-time K-pop fan. Looking forward to connecting with others!

I guess an #introduction should be the first post!
I #research & #teach #Korean and Korean #diasporic #film, #literature, #theatre & #performance. I am writing two books: one is on how theatre & performance commemorate and represent the #Sewol Ferry #disaster; the other is on how the discourses and practices of #K-pop #fan #labor have shifted from the 1990s to today. Lastly, I am sometimes an #interpreter & #translator and a full-time K-pop fan. Looking forward to connecting with others here!