Parents of Danwon High school students who died when a ferry sank off South Korea's southern coast gathered at Paengmok Port in Jindo on Thursday, to condemn the South Korean government for not doing more to save their children.

The parents, who arrived in buses from Ansan, where Danwon High school is located, gathered in front of a tent being used as the government situation room.

They shouted criticisms against the South Korean government for not being able to rescue any more missing passengers than the 174 passengers who were rescued on the first day.

After a short gathering they marched up and down the port, chanting their children's names and carrying various signs written in Korean condemning the government.

They ended the march by shouting out their children's names.

Two weeks after the ferry sank off South Korea's southern coast, 219 have now been confirmed dead, according to the South Korean coast guard.

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1. Wide of parents of deceased Danwon High school students gathering at Paengmok Port in Jindo

2. Various of parents shouting

3. Man facing crowd, shouting and waving fist

4. Zoom in to parents starting to march up and down the port

5. Various of parents marching with placards and chanting

6. Woman crying

7. Mid of parents marching and chanting

8. Close of sign reading: (Korean) "Why is my child in the sea when he should at school?"

9. Wide of parents shouting out their children's names

Thousands of South Koreans marched in Seoul for the second straight day on Saturday to protest against government labour policies and the handling of a ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people a year ago.

The protesters marched towards Gwanghwamun Square, where the altar for the victims of the ferry disaster is located and they laid flowers on it.

The demonstrators also criticised the South Korean president for her reluctance to accept a more thorough investigation into the sinking.

Although the government has recently announced its plan to salvage the ferry, the family members expressed their doubt because they believe the government has been delaying the salvage process.

The Sewol Ferry Incident took place in April 2014. The ferry was en route to Jeju Island, and it was carrying 476 passengers.

A total of 304 people among 476 passengers died when the ferry sank. 250 of them were students from Danwon High School in Ansan, who were on their way to their first field trip as high school students.

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Seoul - 25 April 2015

1. Various of protesters marching against government labour policies and the handling of a ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people a year ago

2. Pan of the memorial altar for the ferry disaster victims

4. Pictures of some of the ferry disaster victims

5. Woman laying a flower on the altar

6. Close of incense on the altar

7. People laying flowers on the altar

8. Wide of participants in the rally

9. Ferry victims' families shouting the slogan (Korean): "Discard the ordinance"

10. Protesters shouting the slogan (Korean): "Salve the truth"

11. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Jun In-suk, mother of victim Lim Kyung-bin:

"(South Korean government) announced it will salvage the ferry and emphasised: 'We(the government) will salvage it really well'. It has been already one year (since the accident happened) and the government has only announced the decision but has not salvaged the ferry yet. We (the families of the victims) have been told lies for more than a year and still the government has not carried out its promise so we should keep doing it (urging the government to do its best) till the government does its work. The salvage is done only when the ferry is raised. Until that moment, we will keep raising our voices."

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12. Various of participants at demonstration singing and dancing

13. Protesters performing a commemorate song

14. Protester holding candle

15. Various of protesters holding candles and phone lights at the rally

17. Wide of demonstration

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Protest by families of Sewol ferry victims

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Seoul - 11 April 2015

1. Wide of Sewol ferry victims' families and other activists marching in demonstration

2. Demonstrators clashing with police

Massive candlelit image in honour of Sewol victims

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Seoul - 17 Apr 2015

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3. People lighting up candles outside Seoul City Hall in hopes of setting a new Guinness record for creating the largest candlelight image

4. Candles

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5. Crew members and the captain, Lee Joon-seok (last one) going down stairs to get to the court room

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Gwangju - 28 April 2015

6. Judge panel seated in the court room

7. Captain and crew members seated

STORYLINE:

Sewol ferry victims' families and other activists held a rally on April 11th 2015 in Seoul to urge the government to expedite the salvage of the sunken vessel.

Police estimated that around 2,500 took part in the rally, which included a march towards the South Korean Presidential Office.

There were clashes between some activists and police officers, who were blocking the protesters' access.

The South Korean government said on Friday that its feasibility study showed that salvaging the ferry is possible - but also said that it has not decided whether to do so.

The victim's families oppose the government's enforcement ordinance of a special law relating to the disaster, which they say is holding back a full, independent investigation into what happened.

The Sewol - carrying 476 people, mostly secondary school students from Danwon High School - sank on April 16th 2014.

A total of 295 bodies have been recovered. Nine others remain missing.

Officials have blamed negligence by crew members, excessive cargo and improper storage for the sinking, along with slow rescue efforts.

A court sentenced 15 crew members last year to between five and 36 years in prison.

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Thousands of South Koreans gathered to try to set a new record for creating the largest candlelight image to commemorate the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol on April 17th.

The attempt came a day after the first anniversary of the incident, which killed over 300 people.

The initial target was to gather 4,160 people but the number eventually reached 4,475.

They stood in the shape of the sunken ferry, and demanded the South Korean government reveal the truth behind the incident, and salvage the sunken ferry to find nine passengers, who are still missing.

Jeon Myung-sun, the father of Jeon Chan-ho, one of the Danwon High School students who died in the incident, resolved to keep urging the South Korean government to punish the people responsible for the disaster.

Other participants also called on the government to do more.

The Sewol ferry sank on April 2014 off the southwestern coast of South Korea.

It was en route to Jeju Island, carrying 476 passengers.

A total of 304 people died, including 250 students from Danwon High School in Ansan, who were on their way to their first field trip as high school students.

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A South Korean appellate court on April 28th handed down a sentence of life in prison to the captain of a ferry that sank in 2014, killing more than 300 people.

The sentencing is harsher than a November verdict by a district court that sentenced Lee Joon-seok to 36 years in prison for negligence and abandoning passengers in need.

Lee's sentence was increased because the Gwangju High Court convicted him on homicide charges, according to court spokesman.

In the November ruling, Lee was acquitted of homicide.

The appellate court sentenced 14 other navigation crew members to 18 months to 12 years in prison.

In November they had received sentences of five to 30 years in prison.

Jeon said both prosecutors and the crew members have one week to appeal the verdicts.

Most of the victims were teenagers travelling to a southern island for a school trip.

A total of 295 bodies have been retrieved but nine others are missing.