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Korean prosecutors raid shipping safety watchdog after ferry disaster

INCHEON, South Korea, - South Korean prosecutors said on Thursday that they had raided the shipping safety watchdog as part of their expanded investigation following the fatal sinking of a ferry.

The Sewol sank last week and more than 300 people, most of whom are students and teachers from the same school, have drowned or are missing presumed dead.

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