S. Korea ferry salvage workers may have found human remains: maritime ministry

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This handout photo provided and taken on March 26, 2017 by the South Korean Maritime Ministry shows the wreck of the Sewol ferry placed onto a submersible vessel off the coast of the southern South Korean island of Jindo. South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry has been successfully hauled onto a giant heavy lifting ship, officials said on March 25, a step towards returning the vessel to port. / AFP PHOTO / SOUTH KOREAN MARITIME MINISTRY / HANDOUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / South Korean Maritime Ministry" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This handout photo provided and taken on March 26, 2017 by the South Korean Maritime Ministry shows the wreck of the Sewol ferry placed onto a submersible vessel off the coast of the southern South Korean island of Jindo./ AFP PHOTO / 

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Salvage workers who raised South Korea’s sunken Sewol ferry may have found the remains of a missing victim of the disaster, the maritime ministry said.

The ministry said in a statement it would hold a briefing later Tuesday on “finding human remains suspected to be one of the missing victims.”