Memorial services were held across Korea on Thursday in remembrance of victims killed in the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking. A total of 304 people, mostly students on a trip from a high school in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, died when the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized on April 16, 2014. The memorial events took place in an array of locations, including in Ansan, with President Lee Jae Myung in attendance. A service was also held in waters off the southwestern county of Jindo, South Jeolla Province, where bereaved families tied yellow ribbons carrying handwritten messages on cherry blossom decorations and threw chrysanthemums into the sea. Some 1,800 people attended the memorial service held in Ansan, where Lee said he felt “heavy responsibility” over the maritime tragedy and pledged his utmost efforts to make sure such a disaster never happens again. It marked the first time a sitting president has attended a ceremony related to the sinking. A siren rang for a minute at 4:16 p.m. across Ansan in remembrance of the day the ferry sinking occurred. Similar memorial services took place in Seoul and I
