(25 Apr 2014) US President Barack Obama arrived in Seoul on Friday for an overnight stay, the second leg of his Asia tour.
White House officials said Obama did not plan to change his schedule in South Korea as a result of the recent ferry disaster.
But the president will probably balance his expected statements, warnings against North Korean nuclear provocations and calls to lower tensions in regional territorial disputes, with words of condolence for the more than 300 victims and the people of South Korea.
The president's trip will come at a sensitive point in the ferry recovery mission, as officials weigh when to bring in cranes and begin cutting up and raising the submerged vessel.
Over 180 people are now known to have perished and over 140 are still unaccounted for.
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