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The mother of a 12-year-old boy says the 10-year-old neighbor suspected of fatally stabbing her son is not a monster.

Nearly two months after the disaster in South Korea, the death toll now stands at 289 and 15 people are still unaccounted for.

President Park Geun-hye's speech comes a bit more than one month after the ferry Sewol sank, killing more than 300 people. It also comes as South Korea prepares hold national elections.

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Israel plans to replace Asian cooks in Japanese, Chinese and Thai restaurants to cut back on foreign workers. Now the workers are staging selective strikes, refusing to serve popular food.

The exercises, while not uncommon, are considered provocative in the immediate wake of President Obama's visit to South Korea.

South Korean President Park Guen-hye was called a "capricious whore who asks her fancy man to do harm to other person while providing sex to him." The "fancy man" in question: President Obama.

President Obama wrapped up a two-day visit to South Korea, warning Pyongyang that pursuing nuclear weapons will only lead to more isolation. Correspondent Anthony Kuhn talks with NPR's Scott Simon.

Authorities say divers are finding it harder and harder to get into places where passengers' bodies are still trapped. On Friday, 185 deaths had been confirmed. Another 117 people remained missing.

Divers have found no air pockets where passengers might have taken refuge. They have, however, retrieved more bodies. The number of confirmed deaths has topped 150. An equal number remain missing.