We earlier delivered the news that the South Korean rescue team had successfully entered the hull of the capsized Sewol-ho ferry for the first time.
The government now says the attempt was a failure.
For more details,... we'll go straight over to our Hwang Sung-hee, at the Central Disaster Safety Headquarters in Seoul.
Sung-hee, it seems like we've been getting conflicting reports all day long.
What is this that we're just learning of?
Disappointing news... officials at the Central Disaster Safety Headquarters say their earlier announcement that the rescue team successfully secured the route to the cafeteria of the capsized vessel was inaccurate.
It had said that the rescue team installed three guidelines that can reach the cafeteria and that divers would begin full-scale rescue operations beginning at 3 p.m. Korea time today, which was about an hour ago.
Following the government's announcement this morning, a Coast Guard official said that it was true that eight divers entered the ship for the first time but hesitated to call it a successful entry because not enough air was pumped in at the time.
The official corrected that yes, they did enter the ship but it should not be called a successful entry.
Experts say this means rescue efforts could be back to square one.
We don't have much details on how the attempt turned out to be a failure, so once we do, I will have more updates.
More than two days have been passed since the Sewol-ho ferry capsized... and additional bodies are being recovered at the site... but no news of any more survivors.
The bodies of two male students were recovered about 500 meters away from the capsized vessel earlier this afternoon.
This comes after the body of a middle-aged man who was wearing a life jacket, was recovered in the morning, putting the total confirmed death toll at 28.
Twelve bodies have been confirmed as being high school students, two teachers, three crew members and one passenger.
10 bodies have yet to be identified, but seven are believed to be high school students.
268 people still remain missing, and unfortunately, the number of survivors remains unchanged.
Thank you for that update, Sung-hee.
That was Hwang Sung-hee reporting from the Central Disaster Safety Headquarters in Seoul.
