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SANTIAGO, April 21 (Reuters) – A significant majority of shareholders in Chilean shipper Compania SudAmericana de Vapores lent their support to the

South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Monday the actions of the captain and crew of a ferry that sank last week with hundreds feared dead were

By Ju-min Park and Jungmin Jang JINDO/MOKPO, South Korea, April 20 (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors investigating last week’s ferry disaster

South Korean prosecutors investigating a ferry disaster said on Sunday they would seek to extend the detention of the ship's captain and two other crew by 10

Divers searching for survivors of a capsized South Korean ferry saw three bodies floating through a window of a passenger cabin on Saturday but were unable to

By Alexei Anishchuk NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia, April 18 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin hailed Russia’s first shipment of Arctic offshore oil on

The fourth U.S. Navy official charged in the widening corruption investigation of a Singapore-based defense contractor made his first court appearance on

By Jungmin Jang and Ju-min Park MOKPO/JINDO, South Korea, April 18 (Reuters) – The vice principal of a South Korean high school who accompanied hundreds

By Jonathan Saul and Freya Berry LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – Shipping companies are turning to equity markets to fill a growing funding gap, betting

By Elzio Barreto and Rujun Shen HONG KONG/SINGAPORE,April 17 (Reuters) – PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) could raise at least S$388.27 million

By Narae Kim JINDO, South Korea, April 17 (Reuters) – The captain of the South Korean ferry that capsized off the southwest coast was facing a criminal

Rescuers fought rising winds and waves on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people, mostly teenage schoolchildren, still missing after a South Korean

SANTIAGO/FRANKFURT, April 16 (Reuters) – Chilean shipper Compania SudAmericana de Vapores on Wednesday said it has signed a binding deal with

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 16 (Reuters) – Brazil’s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA and Japanese trading house Mitsui Corp will study

UPDATE: Six have no been confirmed killed and between 277 and 290 are still missing. By Narae Kim JINDO, South Korea, April 16 (Reuters) – More than 280

"We cannot jeopardize well-paying jobs, like crane operators, longshore workers, and mechanics, for low-paying stadium jobs, such as concession sales," the

ROME, April 14 (Reuters) – The captain of the Costa Concordia tried to persuade the crisis coordinator of the cruise line to pretend an electrical

By Karen Rebelo and Silvia Antonioli April 14 (Reuters) – A Chinese consortium bought the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru from Glencore Xstrata for $6

STOCKHOLM, April 14 (Reuters) – ThyssenKrupp has signed a memorandum of understanding to sell its shipyard business in Sweden to defence firm Saab after

A barge carrying construction materials for U.S.-based Drummond Co Inc, Colombia's second biggest coal miner, was shipwrecked at the company's port late last