Sinking of MV Seohae

{{Short description|Sinking of a South Korean ferry in 1993}}

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| date = {{start date|1993|10|10}}

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| place = Near Wido, Buan County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea

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| reported deaths = 292

| reported injuries = 70

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The South Korean ferry Seohae ({{langx|ko|서해 페리호}}; Hanja: {{lang|ko|西海페리號}}) sank on October 10, 1993 in the Yellow Sea near Wido, Buan County, North Jeolla Province. Of those on board, 292 of the 362 passengers and crew on board were killed. Seventy people were rescued.{{cite web |title=Fears rise for missing in SKorea ferry sinking |date=Apr 17, 2014 |publisher=Associated Press |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2-dead-after-ferry-sinks-south-korean-coast}}{{cite web|title=Over 280 missing after South Korean ferry capsizes |date=April 16, 2014 |publisher=Reuters |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/us-korea-ship-idINKBN0D205U20140416|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306032439/http://in.reuters.com/article/us-korea-ship-idINKBN0D205U20140416|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2016}}

At the time, this sinking was the largest ferry disaster in South Korea since December 15, 1970, when 323 people on board were killed in the sinking of the ferry Namyoung (남영호).{{cite web |script-title=ko:[진도 여객선 침몰]21년 전 '서해 페리호' 공포 엄습 |trans-title=[Progress ferry sinking] 21 years ago, the "Seohae ferry" morbid fear |date=2014-04-16 |publisher=News1 Korea |url=http://news1.kr/articles/1636217 |language=Korean}}{{cite web |script-title=ko:남영호 사고 326명 사망 ‘최악’… 서해 페리호 292명 숨져 |trans-title=Namyoungho accident killed 326 people 'worst' ... Seohae ferry 292 people died |date= 2014-04-17 |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo |url=http://news.donga.com/Main/3/all/20140417/62829345/1 |language=Korean}}