| An overall view of the destroyed interior. / Yonhap |
By Lee Han-soo
The ill-fated ferry Sewol was finally moved to a dry dock from the semi-submersible recovery ship on Sunday, 1,089 days after the tragic sinking off the southwestern island of Jindo.
Soon after the transfer, the Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries released pictures taken inside the half-destroyed hull. The pictures show severe corrosion and rusting here and there as well as the ugly metal structure of a cabin laid bare over nearly three years under salt water.
The Korea Times has secured photos taken inside the doomed ferry.
| A photo comparison of the Sewol's interior before and after the vessel sank. / Screen captured from JTBC |
| Six hundred modular transporters, maneuvered under the Sewol, carry it from the semi-submersible recovery ship to a dry dock at Mokpo New Port in South Jeolla Province, Sunday. / Yonhap |
| The Sewol ferry before the sinking. / Korea Times file |