Seoul , South Korea ( CNN ) -- The web of blame in the South Korean ferry sinking is getting wider , and now the country 's president is accepting some of the heat . President Park Geun-hye apologized to the nation Tuesday over the government 's initial response to the Sewol ferry tragedy . `` I am losing sleep as there is no news about saving more lives and because there are many families who do n't know whether their loved ones are dead or alive still , '' the president said . `` I am at a loss for words for an apology that can be enough to console the pain and suffering even for a little while over insufficiency in efforts made to prevent the accident and also in the initial response to the accident , '' she added . `` I am sorry , and my heart is heavy that so many precious lives are lost because of the accident . '' Videos capturing ferry 's final moments fuel fresh outrage over ship 's fate . Earlier Tuesday , Park attended a memorial in Ansan , the Seoul suburb where hundreds of students on board the ship were from . She talked to family members and laid flowers at the memorial site . `` We 'll fix the problems and change our practices so we 'll have safer nation and wo n't let them die in vain , '' Park said . The ferry sank April 16 on the country 's southwest coast . The number of dead now stands at 210 . Another 92 are still missing . `` All we are asking for is , 'Bring the dead bodies out , ' '' a father wailed Tuesday . `` We know they are not alive now . '' Images of ferry captain abandoning ship are shocking . On Monday , South Korean authorities arrested three people on suspicion of destroying evidence connected to the ferry sinking . Investigators also raided a Coast Guard office in a probe of how officials handled the first emergency call from a passenger . The director and two other people with the Korea Shipping Association 's Incheon office were arrested and accused of destroying evidence related to the probe of Chonghaejin , the company that owns the ferry . The Korea Shipping Association is a trade group that promotes the interests of the country 's shipping industry . The site raided was the Coast Guard building in Mokpo , which includes the South Jeolla province emergency center -- a facility that provides 119 services , akin to the 911 emergency service in the United States . Investigators are looking into possible dereliction of duty . Ferry disaster 's toll on South Korea 's national psyche . CNN 's Stella Kim and Nic Robertson contributed to this report .
South Korean government apologizes for ` ` insufficiency in efforts made to prevent the sinking '' She also apologized for the initial response to the ferry sinking . ` ` We 'll address the problems and change our practices , '' Park Geun - il said .