South Korean authorities have arrested the captain of a ferry which sank two days ago with more than 470 people onboard. Lee Joon-seok arrived in court late on Friday to face a prosecutor’s request for his formal arrest. The captain faces several charges, including negligence of duty and violation of maritime law. Official reports say an inexperienced crew member may have been at the ship’s... 

Helicopters heading to aid 476 passengers and crew aboard a South Korean ferry sinking on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo. A passenger ferry with 459 people on board has capsized and sunk off the coast of South Korea, with two people declared dead and almost 300 missing. The sinking has been declared the country’s biggest peacetime...