By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - Teenage survivors of South Korea's worst maritime disaster in 20 years, many wearing yellow bracelets, walked out of classrooms on Tuesday and marched on parliament to demand enabling legislation for a inquiry into the more than 300 deaths. More than half of the 75 children rescued from the ferry Sewol that capsized and sank on April 16 joined growing public calls for parliament to pass a special bill for an independent inquiry sought by victims' families. "We don't know much about the law, but if we don't do this there is nothing we can do, so we ask that our wish is met." Of the 476 passengers and crew, 339 were children and teachers from Danwon Highschool on the outskirts of Seoul. The children passed though the school's stone gates and down a boulevard, mostly in silence.
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