Jindo Island

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 'It's difficult for the passengers to move,' said crew of South Korean ferry

  Here is the dramatic, confused exchange between a sinking South Korean ferry and maritime traffic control on the southern honeymoon island of Jeju after the vessel started to list at 8.49 a.m. last Wednesday (2349 GMT Tuesday).

• Calm, safe waters, but ill-fated Korean ferry may have been going too fast

  It should have been plain sailing for a South Korean ferry carrying hundreds of children and their teachers on an outing to the sub-tropical island of Jeju, an annual trip for Danwon High School.

• 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.

• DNA test harsh step for families of missing ferry victims

  Providing a DNA sample marked an emotional watershed for Han Mi-Ok - a heart-wrenching acceptance that she was unlikely to ever see her child alive again.

• Arrest warrant for South Korea ferry captain as divers enter ship

  Investigators sought arrest warrants on Friday for the captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized two days ago, as divers overcame strong currents and near zero visibility to enter the submerged vessel for the first time.

• Ferry mishap: 'Surviving alone is too painful', said South Korean vice-principal's 'suicide' note

  A high school vice-principal rescued from a sinking South Korean ferry that sank with hundreds of his students on board was found dead on Friday, police said, in an apparent suicide.

• Fears rise for missing in South Korea ferry sinking

  Strong currents and bad visibility hampered rescuers on Thursday in the search for 287 passengers still missing more than 24 hours after their ferry flipped onto its side and filled with cold water off the southern coast of South Korea, causing fury among families waiting for word of passengers who were mostly high school students.