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  Parents of South Korea Ferry Victims Shave Heads in Protest

  Around 50 mothers and fathers of victims of last year's South Korean ferry disaster had their heads shaved in central Seoul today, to push demands for an effective and genuinely independent inquiry.

• South Korean Ferry Mishap Toll Rises to 273

  The toll rose to 273 Friday in one of South Korea's deadliest maritime disasters as divers searched the sunken Sewol ferry amid slower tidal currents.

• Fears That South Korea Ferry Victims May Never be Recovered

  The recovery of a body from South Korea's ferry disaster some distance from the submerged vessel fueled concerns on Thursday that many among the scores still missing may never be found.

• 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.

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  Body recovery from sunken South Korean ferry suspended

  Concerns are growing among anguished families that the bodies of those who died in the sinking of a South Korean ferry may never be found, as search teams suspended work Saturday because of bad weather.

• 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.

• 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.

• Volunteer army comforts South Korea ferry disaster families

  A small army of volunteers, offering everything from free taxi rides to laundry services and home-cooked food, has set up camp on the tiny island at the operational heart of South Korea's ferry disaster.

• Toll in South Korean ferry mishap reaches 171: report

  The toll from a South Korean ferry that capsized and sank last week rose to 171 on Thursday but the recovery of bodies from the sunken ship proceeded at a slower pace

• Boy and girl on South Korean ferry tied life jackets together before they drowned

  A boy and girl trapped in a sinking South Korean ferry with hundreds of other high school students tied their life jacket cords together, a diver who recovered their bodies said, presumably so they wouldn't float apart.

• South Korean officials feel heat of ferry tragedy

  In the hothouse atmosphere of anger and grief triggered by South Korea's ferry tragedy, the slightest misstep or ill-timed remark by any official can carry career-ending consequences.

• Angry parents seek autopsies of South Korea ferry victims

  Some parents of the mostly teenage victims of South Korea's ferry disaster are pushing for autopsies that might show their children were alive inside the submerged vessel and only died because the emergency response was so slow.

• 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.

• Grief, anger at memorial for South Korea ferry student victims

  Thousands of mourners paid tearful respects Wednesday at a temporary memorial to the hundreds of student victims of South Korea's ferry disaster, as the grim search for bodies entered a second week.