The death toll rose to 64 on Monday morning ferry accidents due to South Korea , while divers continue to enter the inside of the overturned vessel .
So far , 64 people have been confirmed dead , and 238 others were still missing , Xinhua reported . The number of people rescued was attempted , 174 .
The emergency response center pan - government plans to hold a press conference at 10:00 local time , Monday to explain the process of the rescue operation on Sunday night ( 20/4 ) .
On Sunday , when the divers conduct search operations victim ferry that overturned in Jindo Island , South Korea , Wednesday morning ( 16/4 ) , 10 more bodies have been found , said emergency management headquarters pan - government .
Headquarters had earlier said three bodies were recovered from the ship's hull at 23:48 local time on Saturday ( 19/4 ) , the first findings of nearly four days after the vessel weighing 6,825 tons ferry capsized and sank off the coast of Jindo Island , South Korea's southwestern tip .
The ferry , Sewol , departed from Incheon port city in western South Korea on Tuesday night ( 15/4 ) to the island resort of Jeju . Among the 476 passengers and 325 crew members are high school students and 15 teachers who go on field trips during the four days .
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