SEOUL: Under-pressure South Korean prosecutors on Monday upped to $500,000 a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of a fugitive businessman in connection with last month’s ferry disaster.

The new sum was a 10-fold increase to $500,000 from $50,000 originally offered last Thursday for Yoo Byung-Eun, patriarch of the family that owns Chonghaejin Marine Co.

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