The cover photograph shows an expanse of yellow folded-paper boats covering the grassy plaza in front of Seoul City Hall a few weeks after the Sewol Ferry Disaster on April 16, 2014. In a maritime incident where deaths should have been avoidable, 304 people were killed in a ferry sinking, including 250 Danwon High School students. After it was later revealed that only one out of the ferry's forty-six lifeboats had been deployed—and that was to rescue not passengers but only the captain and ten crew members—the paper boats also underscored the demand for a full investigation by the victims’ families and their advocates. Regarding the scene depicted in the photograph, officials from Seoul's city government authorized the creation of this public memorial, which included several tents lining the plaza where residents could offer their condolences and grieve among others. As people from all walks of life came to that...

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