Coast Guard disbanded

Workers remove Coast Guard signs from its former headquarters in Incheon, Tuesday. The 61-year-old Coast Guard has been absorbed into a new public safety agency, which will be launched today. The Coast Guard has been criticized for its poor response to the April 16 sinking of the ferry Sewol in Jindo, South Jeolla Province, which left 295 people dead and nine others missing. A government task force, which has supervised rescue operations in Jindo, has been disbanded. / Yonhap