Ferry Disaster Probe

• South Korea Parties Back, Families Oppose, Ferry Disaster Probe

  South Korean ruling and opposition party leaders agreed on Tuesday on legislation to investigate April's Sewol ferry disaster more deeply, but a spokesman for families of the victims said they would oppose the bill.

• Church Raided in South Korean Ferry Disaster Probe

  Scores of South Korean investigators on Wednesday raided a sprawling religious compound in a widening probe into last month's ferry disaster in which hundreds died.

• South Korea Parliament to Begin Ferry Disaster Probe

  Many relatives believe some children may have survived for hours or even days inside the capsized ferry, but died because rescuers took too long to access the submerged vessel.

• Captain says warnings over Korean ferry ignored

  A probe into South Korea's ferry disaster has heard that warnings over the ship's seaworthiness were ignored, prosecutors said on Wednesday, as rescuers worked to recover more than 90 people still missing two weeks after it sank.

• Sea traffic controllers probed over South Korea ferry: reports

  South Korean prosecutors raided the offices of state sea traffic controllers, media reports said today, as part of a widening probe into a ferry disaster that left 300 dead or missing.

• South Korea prosecutors turn to mobile app for ferry probe

  Prosecutors probing South Korea's ferry disaster have turned to a popular mobile chat service to reconstruct the final moments of hundreds feared to have perished on board the sinking ship.