Yellow ribbons fly from a pier at the Jindo harbor relief center for relatives of victims of the Sewol ferry, on Thursday. AFP PHOTO
Yellow ribbons fly from a pier at the Jindo harbor relief center for relatives of victims of the Sewol ferry, on Thursday. AFP PHOTO

SEOUL: South Korea’s opposition parties are expected to reap an election bonanza from seething public anger over the government’s mishandling of the ferry disaster, as campaigning for next month’s local polls opened on Thursday.

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