South Korea: Weather hampers sailors rescue bid

Military divers plunged into the waters near South Korea’s tense maritime border with North Korea to search for 46 missing marines from a naval ship that sank today, but were hampered by fierce waves and high winds, officials said.

Hopes were fading for the missing crew after an explosion sank the ship in one of South Korea’s worst naval disasters. Divers twice tried unsuccessfully to get to the wreckage, Rear Admiral Lee Ki-Sik of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told lawmakers.