063 - The Truth Shall Not Sink: The Sewol Ferry Tragedy

The Sewol ferry disaster happened exactly 7 years ago to the day, on the morning of April 16th, 2014. Of the 476 passengers and crew, 304 died in this immensely tragic event, 250 of them were the students from Danwon High School. This tragedy wasn’t like some horrible but unavoidable disaster, like a hurricane or a volcanic eruption, instead, from beginning to end this horrifying disaster is causally connected to the inherit greed that is part and parcel of neoliberal policies of “market-based solutions,” reckless deregulation of industries that entwine themselves with the government, and a capitalist economic system more broadly. Today we will discuss what happened on this day in the unforgiving waters of the Maenggol Channel, all through the lenses of multiple accounts, from a diverse array of documentary films and a small collection of opinion pieces.

General Recommendations

• JD's Recommendation: The Storm [WATCH]
• JNM's Recommendations: 1) The Vegetarian by Han Kang 2) The Act of Killing [Trailer]

Further Reading, Viewing, Listening

• Crony capitalism and the South Korean ferry tragedy
• An Overloaded Ferry Flipped and Drowned Hundreds of Schoolchildren. Could It Happen Again?
• More stunning evidence of government incompetence in Sewol’s “golden moments”
• THE LEGACIES OF STATE CORPORATISM IN KOREA: REGULATORY CAPTURE IN THE SEWOL FERRY TRAGEDY 
• [Interview] Self-defeat and arrogance: the South Korean capitalist model
• THE SEWOL ON OUR SHORES
• Meeting a survivor from S. Korea’s biggest maritime disaster: Sewol Ferry Tragedy [WATCH]

Documentaries

• In the Absence [WATCH]
• ‘In the Absence’ raises international awareness of Sewol ferry disaster
• Diving Bell aka The Truth Shall Not Sink with Sewol (Director's Cut) [WATCH]
• South Korean Documentary 'Diving Bell' Probed A National Tragedy
• Intention [WATCH]
• Documentary film "Intention" gives convincing clue to cause of Sewol ferry sinking

Locationless Locations

• heatdeathpod.com
• Every show-related link i