Korean Ferry Sinks

• South Korean prime minister resigns over ferry sinking

  South Korea's Prime Minister Chung Hong-Won tendered his resignation on Sunday over the sinking of a passenger ferry that left more than 300 people dead or missing.

• Storm swell hampers South Korean ferry search

  Divers were battling atrocious weather conditions and powerful swell on Sunday in their grim search for corpses believed trapped in the sunken South Korean ferry, a coastguard spokesman said.

• All 15 crew members that navigated South Korean ferry held

  All 15 people involved in navigating the South Korean ferry that sank and left 302 people dead or missing are now in custody after authorities on Saturday detained four more crew members, a prosecutor said.

• Death toll in South Korea disaster crosses 180, weather impedes search

  South Korean officials searching for 115 people still missing from the sunken ferry said on Saturday that divers have reached two large rooms where many of the lost may lie dead, but the search had to be suspended because of bad weather.

• Cries of anguish as South Korea ferry toll reaches 135

  The confirmed death toll from the South Korean ferry disaster rose to 135 on Wednesday, but there were many more bodies left to be retrieved as divers swam through tight, dark rooms and passageways to search for nearly 170 people still missing.

• Death toll in South Korea ferry disaster crosses 100

  The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on Tuesday, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel.

• 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.

• Four more of crew detained over South Korea ferry disaster

  South Korean prosecutors on Monday detained four more crew members in a widening investigation into a ferry disaster that left hundreds missing, presumed dead, local media reported.

• More bodies from ship; transcript reveals confusion

  Divers continued the grim work of recovering bodies from inside a sunken South Korean ferry Monday, securing a new entryway into the wreck, as a newly released transcript showed the ship was crippled by confusion and indecision well after it began listing.

• 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.

• Evacuation came too late for many on sinking ferry

  An immediate evacuation order was not issued for the ferry that sank off South Korea's southern coast, likely with scores of people trapped inside, because officers on the bridge were trying to stabilize the vessel after it started to list amid confusion and chaos, a crew member said on Thursday.