Korean ruling party to form committee for ferry victims

The ruling Saenuri Party will establish a committee dedicated to helping the families of the victims of April's deadly ferry sinking, the party's floor leader said Friday, amid an impasse in efforts to draw up parliamentary measures.
The plan comes as the ruling party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) have been locked in a bitter dispute over a special bill calling for the creation of a fact-finding committee to determine the cause of the April 16 disaster that claimed the lives of more than 300 people, mostly high school students.