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

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.”

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