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China's president is in Seoul to meet his South Korean counterpart. In a not-so-veiled gibe at North Korea, the two leaders repeated their opposition to nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula.

Xi Jinping's first visit to the Korean peninsula finds him in Seoul, not Pyongyang, in a possible sign of strained Sino-North Korean ties.

Only 75 of the 323 students aboard the ferry Sewol survived after the ship sank in April. Some bowed their heads and wept as they walked into Danwon High School in Ansan, South Korea.

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.

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.