Race to recover bodies from Korea ferry amid pressure

SEOUL: Dive teams raced to pull more than 100 bodies from a sunken South Korean ferry as storm clouds loomed and the victims’ families angrily pressed officials to wrap up the recovery effort.

The confirmed death toll stood at 181, but 121 people remained unaccounted for – their bodies believed still trapped in the submerged vessel that capsized on April 16 with 476 people on board.