SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye revamped her cabinet on Friday, replacing seven ministers in response to intense criticism over her administration’s handling of April’s ferry disaster.

It was Park’s first major cabinet shake-up since taking office in February last year and came as the mother of one disaster victim filed a damages suit against the government, as well as the ferry operator.

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