--- description: Yoo Som-Na is arrested in Paris after Korean prosecutors filed an Interpol "red notice" against her and her brother title: South Korea Ferry Disaster: Businessman's Daughter Yoo Som-Na Arrested image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt931c942dcef4089b/698691281eebf743d6371114/ap547447865701.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [South Korea](/tag/south-korea/) ## South Korea Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Daughter of Korean Businessman Wanted in Ferry Disaster Arrested by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2014 4:25 AM CUT  Commuters at a train station in Seoul walk past a screen displaying the wanted poster for Yoo Byung-eun and others, on Monday, May 26, 2014. Commuters at a train station in Seoul walk past a screen displaying the wanted poster for Yoo Byung-eun and others, on Monday, May 26, 2014.Lee Jin-man—AP by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2014 4:25 AM CUT The daughter of Yoo Byung-eun, the fugitive South Korean businessman wanted in connection with the April 16 _Sewol_ ferry tragedy, [appeared](http://www.voanews.com/content/daughter-of-fugitive-south-korea-ferry-owner-arrested-faces-judge/1924087.html "undefined") before a court in Paris on Wednesday. French authorities [detained](http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/05/27/74/0302000000AEN20140527009800315F.html "undefined") Yoo Som-Na under an international arrest warrant for embezzlement, and they are expected to extradite her, Yonhap News Agency reports. Korean police had earlier [filed](http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140527001698 "undefined") an Interpol “red notice” against Yoo Som-Na and her brother Yoo Hyuk-ki, who are believed to be involved in or controlling Chonghaejin Marine Co., the company that owned and operated the ill-fated ferry. Chonghaejin allegedly [ignored](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27602015 "undefined") safety warnings ahead of the disaster, which claimed about 300 lives. Warrants are still out for Som-Na’s father and brother. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/134753/sewol-daughter-arrested-yoo-som-na/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/134753/sewol-daughter-arrested-yoo-som-na/"},"headline":"Daughter of Korean Businessman Wanted in Ferry Disaster Arrested","datePublished":"2014-05-29T04:25:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:05:57.740Z","description":"Yoo Som-Na is detained in Paris after Korean prosecutors filed an Interpol \"red notice\" against her and her brother","url":"https://time.com/134753/sewol-daughter-arrested-yoo-som-na/","keywords":["South Korea","ferry disaster","Sewol"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt931c942dcef4089b/698691281eebf743d6371114/ap547447865701.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Per Liljas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/per-liljas/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt931c942dcef4089b/698691281eebf743d6371114/ap547447865701.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AP547447865701","caption":"Commuters at a train station in Seoul walk past a screen displaying the wanted poster for Yoo Byung-eun and others, on Monday, May 26, 2014.","creditText":"Lee Jin-man—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/south-korea/","name":"South Korea"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/134753/sewol-daughter-arrested-yoo-som-na/","name":"Daughter of Korean Businessman Wanted in Ferry Disaster Arrested"}}]}] ```