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Lee Joon-seok, the captain of the sunken South Korean ferry Sewol, second from right, arrives at Gwangju District Court in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Park Chul-hong) ** FILE **

South Korean ferry captain gets 36 years in prison

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A relative of a passenger aboard the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast, weeps as she waits for her missing loved one at a port in Jindo, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Rescuers scrambled to find hundreds of ferry passengers still missing Friday and feared dead, as fresh questions emerged about whether quicker action by the captain of the doomed ship could have saved lives. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Captain of sunken South Korean ferry, 2 crew arrested

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