Sewol survivor dies after years of survivor’s guilt

A survivor of the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster has recently died, according to a former representative of the victims’ bereaved families.

The survivor had been student of Danwon High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, which lost 248 students in the sinking.

Yoo Kyung-geun, former executive director of the group representing the bereaved families of Sewol victims, said Sunday that one of the surviving students had recently died.

He did not disclose the cause of death, but said the student had “gone ...