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1. Today is the 43rd day of the hunger strike by Kim Young-oh, father of Yoo-min, a high school student who died in the Sewol tragedy. Last Friday he was taken to the Seoul's Dongbu Hospital...

Now he is in "stable condition"...

...but still he's refusing to eat! Last Sat. The Hankyoreh published an impressive piece about Kim Young-oh's struggle. You can(MUST!!) read it here!

2. Today was also the fourth day that around thirty victims’ family members were holding a protest in front of Cheongwoon Hyojadong Community Center nearby the Presidential Office(aka the "Blue House"), demanding a meeting with President Park Geun-hye.

Here you'll get a summary of the latest developments.

3. Online and offline, more than 3,000 people are taking part in a sympathy hunger strike to support and encourage the bereaved family members... And there's also a kind of int'l/pan-Korean solidarity: Today's (bourgeois) Korea Times published the following: Overseas Koreans join Sewol hunger strike.