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Some relatives of the over 200 children missing in a sunken South Korean ferry offered DNA swabs on Saturday.
The DNA swabs were to help identify the dead as the rescue effort turned into a mission to recover the vessel and the bodies of those on board.
The Sewol, carrying 476 passengers and crew, capsized on Wednesday on a journey from the port of Incheon to the southern holiday island of Jeju.
Thirty-two people were known to have died in the accident, which has seen the 69-year-old captain of the ferry, Lee Joon-seok, arrested in the early hours of Saturday.
He was arrested on charges of negligence along with two other crew members, including the third mate who was steering at the time of the capsize.
The DNA swabs were to help identify the dead as the rescue effort turned into a mission to recover the vessel and the bodies of those on board.
The Sewol, carrying 476 passengers and crew, capsized on Wednesday on a journey from the port of Incheon to the southern holiday island of Jeju.
Thirty-two people were known to have died in the accident, which has seen the 69-year-old captain of the ferry, Lee Joon-seok, arrested in the early hours of Saturday.
He was arrested on charges of negligence along with two other crew members, including the third mate who was steering at the time of the capsize.
