article_snippet.sent: On Thursday, the one year anniversary of the disaster, South Korea's President Park Geun-hye called for the salvage of the Sewol's wreck "as soon as possible."
article_snippet.sent: I believe that it is now time to earnestly prepare to salvage," South Korea's President Park Geun-hye said.
article_snippet.sent: The process could take over a year and a half, and that The process would cost the South Korean government anywhere from $91 million to $182 million.
article_snippet.sent: Since the days immediately after the disaster, families have criticized the South Korean government over the South Korean government response.
article_snippet.sent: Criticism swirled over the South Korean Coast Guard's effectiveness in carrying out a complicated technical operation.
article_snippet.sent: Park, the South Korean president, pledged major reforms, dismantled the South Korean Coast Guard's and vowed an investigation into what went wrong.
article_snippet.sent: an investigation into what went wrong has been hampered by politics and disagreements between the families and the South Korean government over who should participate in an investigation into what went wrong.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this month, several dozens of family members marched to Seoul from Ansan, the suburb where most of the students had resided.
article_snippet.sent: The sinking spurred a debate about the shortcomings of the South Korean government and what preventive measures should have been taken.
article_snippet.sent: In the immediate aftermath, South Korean prosecutors arrested the captain, crew members and business associates.
article_snippet.sent: CNN's KJ Kwon and journalist Jungeun Kim contributed to this report in Seoul.