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Visitors reading messages wishing safe return of missing passengers aboard the sunken ferry Sewol are silhouetted on the side of a tent at a port in Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. One by one, coast guard officers carried the newly arrived bodies covered in white sheets from a boat to a tent on the dock of this island, the first step in identifying a sharply rising number of corpses from the South Korean ferry that sank nearly a week ago. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Cries of anguish as South Korea ferry toll tops 100

By Gillian Wong and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

This April 18, 2012 satellite image provided by GeoEye shows North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site. Commercial satellite imagery shows increased activity at North Korea’s nuclear test site but not enough to indicate an underground atomic explosion is imminent, a U.S. research institute said Tuesday. North Korea last month threatened to conduct its fourth nuclear test and there’s been speculation it may do so as President Barack Obama travels to Asia this week. (AP Photo/GeoEye) **FILE**

Activity at NKorea site hints at nuke test preps

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

Much at stake in last ACL preliminaries

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

A relative of a passenger aboard the sunken ferry Sewol watches the official list of the dead victims at a port in Jindo, South Korea, Monday, April 21, 2014. Divers continued the grim work of recovering bodies from inside the sunken South Korean ferry in the water off the southern coast Monday, as a newly released transcript showed the ship was crippled by confusion and indecision well after it began listing. The transcript suggests that the chaos may have added to a death toll that could eventually exceed 300. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean president: Ferry crew actions ‘murderous’

By Gillian Wong and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

National Security Adviser Susan Rice (Associated Press/File)

Obama to renew pitch for big free-trade agreement

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 16, 2014 file photo, released by South Korea Coast Guard via Yonhap News Agency, South Korean rescue team boats and fishing boats try to rescue passengers of the sinking Sewol ferry, off South Korea's southern coast,near Jindo, south of Seoul. It is a decision that has maritime experts stumped and is at odds with standard procedure: Why were the passengers of the doomed South Korean ferry told to stay in their rooms rather than climb on deck? Evacuations can be chaotic and dangerous, and an important principle in maritime circles is that even a damaged ship may be the best lifeboat. But car ferries like the Sewol, which left some 300 people missing or dead when it sank Wednesday, are different. They are particularly susceptible to rapid capsizing which makes it critically important that the crew quickly evacuate passengers when there is trouble. (AP Photo/South Korea Coast Guard via Yonhap, File) KOREA OUT

Transcript reveals confusion over ferry evacuation in South Korea

By Gillian Wong and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 16, 2014 file photo, South Korean coast guard officers try to rescue passengers from the Sewol ferry as it sinks in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea. It is a decision that has maritime experts stumped and is at odds with standard procedure: Why were the passengers of the doomed South Korean ferry told to stay in their rooms rather than climb on deck? Evacuations can be chaotic and dangerous, and an important principle in maritime circles is that even a damaged ship may be the best lifeboat. But car ferries like the Sewol, which left some 300 people missing or dead when it sank Wednesday, are different. They are particularly susceptible to rapid capsizing which makes it critically important that the crew quickly evacuate passengers when there is trouble. (AP Photo/Yonhap, File) KOREA OUT

Delay in ferry evacuation puzzles maritime experts

By YOUKYUNG LEE and JUSTIN PRITCHARD - Associated Press

A relative of a passenger aboard the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast, weeps as she waits for her missing loved one at a port in Jindo, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Rescuers scrambled to find hundreds of ferry passengers still missing Friday and feared dead, as fresh questions emerged about whether quicker action by the captain of the doomed ship could have saved lives. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Captain of sunken South Korean ferry, 2 crew arrested

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National Security Adviser Susan Rice, right, accompanied by Ben Rhodes, deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting, speaks about President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Asia, Friday April 18, 2014 , at the White House briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Asia seeks Obama’s assurance in territorial spats

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 18, 2014, where he presented the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the United States Naval Academy football team. The Obama administration is extending indefinitely the amount of time federal agencies have to review the Keystone XL pipeline, the State Department said Friday, likely punting the decision over the controversial oil pipeline past the midterm elections. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House makes economics focus of Asia trip

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

In this image taken from video released by News Y via Yonhap, passengers from a ferry sinking off South Korea's southern coast, are rescued by a South Korean Coast Guard helicopter in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Nearly 300 people were still missing Wednesday several hours after the ferry carrying 477, most of them high school students, sank in cold waters off South Korea's southern coast. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

South Korea says 293 missing in ferry disaster

By Hyung-jin Kim and Youkyung Lee - Associated Press

Ag officials push Florida grapefruit overseas

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Rescue helicopters fly over a sinking South Korean passenger ferry that was carrying more than 450 passengers, mostly high school students, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, off South Korea's southern coast. Hundreds of people are missing despite a frantic, hours-long rescue by dozens of ships and helicopters. At least four people were confirmed dead and 55 injured. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

Ferry sinks off South Korea; 6 dead, 290 missing

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Washington state auditor deployed to South Korea

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5 South Korea players to watch at the World Cup

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

Son and Co. aiming to enhance South Korea’s status

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

Hong aiming for knockout round as player and coach

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo provided on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 by the South Korea Defense Ministry, an unmanned drone which was found last week in Paju, a South Korean city near the land border with North Korea. South Korean experts say two small drones believed to have been flown across the border by the North amid rising military tensions were crude and decidedly low-tech - with cameras available on the Internet for hundreds of dollars - but underscore a potential new threat that must be taken seriously. (AP Photo/South Korea Defense Ministry, File)

Suspected NKorean drones crude, reflect new threat

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

A bronze statue of a young Korean girl in Central Park in Glendale, Calif. to honor so-called "comfort women" from World War II on Monday, March 31, 2014. Korean-Americans have won approval for local memorials for the victims of Japanese sexual slavery during World War II, over the objections of Japan. They have also pressed states to change school textbooks to address geographical differences with Japan. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )

Japan-Korea tussle over history spreads to US

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this Monday, March 31, 2014 photo released by the South Korea Defense Ministry Wednesday, April 2, 2014, an unmanned drone lies on the ground damaged on Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, near the West Sea border with North Korea when the two Koreas fired hundreds of artillery shells into each other's waters. South Korea suspects that the drone that crashed on the frontline South Korean island was flown by rival North Korea, an official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/South Korea Defense Ministry)

SKorea suspects 2 crashed drones from North Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press