South Koreans are mourning the hundreds of passengers who died in a ferry sinking a year ago. A variety of memorial services and events are planned nationwide Thursday on the first anniversary of one of the country's worst disaster.
Passengers on the South Korean ferry faced a terrifying choice as the stricken vessel began to roll over.
China's embassy in Seoul confirms that two Chinese citizens - one male and one female - were passengers on the ferry which sank in waters off South Korea's southwest coast on Wednesday.
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 the ferry capsized in sight of land.
Family members of missing passengers who were on South Korean ferry Sewol which sank at the sea off Jindo cry as they wait for news of their family from a rescue team, at a gym in Jindo April 17, 2014.
More than 280 people are missing and 9 are confirmed dead following what may become one of South Korea's deadliest offshore accidents.
A passenger ship carrying 462 people, mostly high school students, capsized off South Korea's southwest coast.
The South Korean ferry "Sewol" with more than 459 people on board, mostly high school students, capsized and sank off Jindo Island on the country's southwest coast Wednesday morning, leaving at least four people dead and 291 others missing.
A father hugs his daughter who was rescued from a sinking ferry, at a gym where rescued passengers gather in Jindo April 16, 2014.
The US Navy has sent a ship to join the search-and-rescue operation for more than 300 passengers missing after a South Korean ferry capsized on Wednesday.
Rescued passengers wrapped in blankets, who were on a sinking ferry "Sewol" in the sea off Jindo, gather at a port in Seogeochado, April 16, 2014.
More than 100 people remained missing on Wednesday after a South Korean ferry with 477 people aboard capsized off the country's southwest coast.
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