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• Rescue chief says 'no idea' when Korea ferry recovery over

  The head of the operation to retrieve bodies from a sunken South Korean ferry admitted today he had "no idea" when it would be over, as furious relatives accused recovery teams of dragging their feet.

• South Korea ferry toll hits 159 as relatives wait

  Divers made their way deeper on Thursday into the submerged wreck of a ferry that sank more than a week ago as the death toll neared 160 and relatives of the more than 140 still missing pressed the government to finish the grim task of recovery soon.

• South Korea ferry toll hits 146 as search gets tougher

  The grim work of recovering bodies from the submerged South Korea ferry proceeded rapidly Wednesday, with the official death toll reaching 146, though a government official said divers must now rip through cabin walls to retrieve more victims.

• South Korea ferry disaster a grim test for civilian divers

  Professional taekwondo teacher Lee Jun-Ho took up scuba diving eight years ago as a fun hobby.

• South Korean relatives divided over whether to raise ferry

  Four days after South Korea's shattering ferry disaster, grieving relatives were split Sunday over whether to approve an end to the search for survivors and let cranes raise the vessel to the surface.

• Prosecutors extend Korea ferry captain's detention as death toll mounts

  South Korean prosecutors investigating a ferry disaster said on Sunday they would seek to extend the detention of the ship's captain and two other crew by 10 days as they tried to determine the cause of an accident that may claim more than 300 lives.

• South Korea ferry mishap: death toll increases as more bodies pulled out

  Divers began retrieving bodies on Sunday from inside the submerged South Korean ferry that capsized four days ago with hundreds of children on board, as families angered by the pace of the rescue efforts scuffled with police.

• First bodies pulled from submerged South Korean ferry

  Divers on Saturday retrieved the first bodies from the submerged South Korean ferry that capsized nearly four days ago, marking a grim new stage in the search and recovery process.

• Anger mounts after bodies found trapped inside sunken South Korean ferry

  Angry relatives of more than 200 people, mostly children, missing inside a sunken South Korea ferry demanded authorities act now to raise the vessel and hit out at officials, including the country's president, as hopes of finding survivors faded.

• South Korea ferry captain arrested, divers enter ship

  The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized three days ago was reportedly arrested early on Saturday, as divers overcame strong currents and near zero visibility to enter the submerged vessel for the first time.

• Anger boils over in search for missing in South Korea ferry disaster

  Emotions boiled over on Thursday in the frantic search for almost 300 people - mostly schoolchildren - missing from a capsized South Korean ferry, with angry parents confronting President Park Geun-Hye as prospects dwindled of finding survivors.

• Hundreds still missing in deadly South Korea ferry sinking

  South Korean coastguard and navy divers resumed searching on Thursday for about 290 people still missing, many of them students from the same high school, after a ferry capsized in sight of land.