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SEOUL, April 22 (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday it will raise the Sewol ferry that sank a year ago, killing more than 300 people, most of them children, yielding to pressure from mourning families who have called for a deeper investigation into the disaster.

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A government committee concluded that it would be possible to raise the 6,800-tonne vessel at a cost of 150 billion won ($139 million), the government said in a statement.

The work, which the government hopes can begin in September, could take up to 18 months and the cost could rise beyond 200 billion won depending on weather conditions and technical difficulties, it said.

"The primary risk is that the Sewol is a vessel built more than 20 years ago so there is corrosion in its body," Park In-yong, the retired navy admiral who heads the newly formed Ministry for Public Safety and Security, told a briefing.

"And it is lying on its left, so as we try to raise it without righting it, there may be structural weakening."

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Relatives of the victims said the salvage plan was too late in coming.

"The government's announcement to salvage the ferry in September is really very preposterous," Lee Nam-seok, father of one of those killed, said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/21/south-korea-ferry_n_7113762.html

[Died By Bear]

What took them so long?

[Smithington]

I think that is a mistake. Leave it where it is.

[Savant]

Raise it and stick it right next to the Blue House as a sign that corruption and nepotism should no longer be tolerated.

[Steelrails]

[Adventurer]

You can bring the ship back to the surface, but you can't bring back the victims of corruption.

[atwood]

[wooden nickels]

[schwa]