Soul．South Korean---Prime Minister Chung Hong-won，apologized and offered to resign  (辞职)on Sunday,as the country remained angry and sad over the sinking of a ship that left 302(most of them are high school students)，dead and missing．
At eight fifty-eight p．m，April 16，2014，a ship carrying many passengers sank into the sea．It is reported that there are 339 high school students and teachers，2 Philippines singers，a staff of 24 and a total of 477 people on board．
Later because of bad weather, the underwater rescue(救援)and search have been greatly difficult．Efforts were also being made to prevent the ship’s oil from going further into the sea．
The government has come under fire as it showed the accident had been caused partly because of the misleading of government and lack of safety measures．It was also criticized(谴责) for failing to save the people quickly during the early rescue hours when the accident happened．
South Koreans were especially heart-broken by the fact that most of the dead and missing were students on a class trip．People who were saved reported that the captain and staff of the ship ordered passengers to stay inside and not to move while the ship was sinking off．It was probably one of the reasons why people still died after they had already worm the life jackets．
As for Sunday morning，115 passengers remained missing．The number of the survivors(幸存者)，174，has not changed．The deaths have been 187 so far．
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Were there many students on this ship at that time?
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How many people are alive in this accident according to this report?
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