SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said it would pay about $380,000 (257,305 pounds) in compensation for each of the 250 students who died in last year's ferry disaster, although some victims' families accused the government of trying to divert attention from their demands for an independent probe.
The Sewol sank on April 16 while making a turn on a routine voyage to the holiday island of Jeju, leaving 304 people dead or missing and creating a crisis for the government of President Park Geun-hye over its handling of the disaster.
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