Rescue boats and helicopters scrambled to pluck passengers, most of them high school students, from a ferry after it sank off the southwest coast of South Korea early Wednesday. Of the 459 people on board, 164 have been rescued, the security ministry said.
CNN: 4 dead, almost 300 missing after South Korean ship sinks

Almost 300 people remain missing for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea.