South Korea ferry: 108 bodies retrieved

Only two of the vessel’s 46 lifeboats were reported to have been deployed.

South Korean President Park Geunhye on Monday condemned the conduct of some of the crew, calling it “akin to murder”.

The BBC’s Jonathan Head in nearby Jindo island says that the rescue operation has now become something of a grim routine, with police boats regularly returning from the scene of the disaster with bodies recovered by military divers.

Our correspondent says that most of the families of those still missing have accepted that no more survivors will be found.

Teams of divers have been searching the sunken ferry for the bodies of those who died.