4 more arrests as ferry salvage talks split families

The South Korean authorities have arrested four more crew members from the ferry that sank last week, bringing the total number detained to 11.

As the 156th body was pulled from waters where the ferry Sewol sank a week ago, relatives of the nearly 150 still missing pressed the government to finish the grim task of recovery soon. But the work was reaching a new, more complicated phase, with an official saying divers must rip through cabin walls to retrieve more victims.

Looming in the background is a sensitive issue: When to bring in the cranes and begin the salvage effort by cutting up and raising the submerged vessel. The government has warned that the work might eliminate air pockets that could be sustaining survivors, but there is little hope that anyone will be found alive.