SEOUL/INCHEON, Bereaved families and government officials commemorated the victims of the deadly sinking of the ferry Sewol on Tuesday, marking the 10th anniversary of one of the country's worst maritime disasters. Interior Minister Lee Sang-min and Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok were among the about 200 people who attended the commemoration ceremony in Incheon Family Park in Incheon, west of Seoul, where the ashes of 44 victims killed in the maritime accident are enshrined. Including them, a total of 304 people, mostly high school students on a school field trip, were killed as the 6,800-ton ship sank off the southwestern coast on April 16, 2014. "April 16 has come again ... For us, bereaved families, it is a season when our bodies remember first and our hearts begin to ache," said Jeon Tae-ho, the chairman of the bereaved families' association representing non-student victims. He said that even a decade after the accident, no concrete measures have been taken for bereaved families and survivors, some of w hom are still suffering trauma as a result of the accident. In his address, Minister Lee pledged the government's efforts to build a high-tech safety management system to ensure a swift response to disaster situations. "I hope this occasion today could become an opportunity for the country to take a step forward to becoming a nation where everyday life is safe for everybody," the minister said. Source: Yonhap News Agency