Families seek answers a year after the South Korean plane crash

韩国客机坠毁一年后,家庭寻求答案

World Business Report

2025-12-30

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One year on from South Korea’s worst air crash, families say they’re still waiting for answers. Also, South Korea’s biggest e-commerce firm, Coupang, has agreed to pay over a billion dollars in compensation to its users for a massive data breach. We also look back at the hacking of one of the UK's most famous brands – Jaguar Land Rover. And the new James Bond game, 007 First Light, has been delayed until the end of May. Presenter: Leanna Byrne Producer: Ahmed Adan Editor: Justin Bones
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  • When you're on from South Korea's worst air crash, families want answers.

  • It's world business expressed from the BBC World Service, Liana Byrne.

  • The Amazon equivalent to South Korea pays a big to its users after it was hacked.

  • And speaking of hacks, what has Jaguar Land Rover learned after it was attacked?

  • Yesterday marks one year since the deadliest air disaster in South Korea's history.

  • A Boeing 737 crashed while landing at Muon Airport, killing 179 people.

  • Investigators initially said a bird strike may have led to a loss of engine power.

  • A year on,

  • families say they're still waiting for answers and are calling for an independent inquiry.

  • Kim Yong-jin lost her parents and younger brother in the crash.

  • When false truths emerge and when truths are minimized,

  • concealed or distorted, when no one takes responsibility for it,

  • when the deaths of our families are dismissed as mere misfortune,

  • what follows is truly terrifying and horrific.

  • If we fail to properly reflect on this tragedy, the exact same tragedy will inevitably occur.

  • Our beloved family cannot return, nor can they be brought back to life.

  • Yet we believe it is the calling of us survivors to ensure their deaths were not in vain.

  • We still have a long way to go because after the crash,

  • the aviation and railway accident investigation board,

  • which is under South Korea's transport ministry, opened up an investigation.