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Small funerals put families and the deceased first (KOR)

Small, family-centered funerals are gaining ground in Korea as mourners seek simpler, more personal ways to remember loved ones.

2026.10.7

Small funerals put families and the deceased first

Small, family-centered funerals are gaining ground in Korea as mourners seek simpler, more personal ways to remember loved ones.

2026.10.6

Crematoria overwhelmed, dormant mortuaries to operate again

Seoul officials Monday vowed to operate more mortuaries as local crematoria struggle to keep up with the rising Covid-19 death toll.

2022.4.4

Addressing the funeral crisis (KOR)

Due to the surge of deaths and critically-ill patients from Covid-19, coffins and mortuary cabinets as well as funeral houses and cremation facilities have become seriously short.

2022.4.4

Addressing the funeral crisis

Due to the surge of deaths and critically-ill patients from Covid-19, coffins and mortuary cabinets as well as funeral houses and cremation facilities have become seriously short.

2022.4.3

Crematoria can't handle Covid fatalities 'piling up'

Korea’s crematoria are struggling to keep up with the rising Covid-19 death toll.

2022.3.16

The Covid-19 rules forcing the cremation of people killed by the virus before their funeral is being criticized for its cruelty and disregard for human dignity. Families deprived of the chance to accompany their loved ones at...

2022.1.16

Medical staff are hurriedly moving a critically-ill Covid-19 patient to an emergency room at Seoul Medical Center, Dec. 14. [YONHAP]

The right to part with dignity

The first modern cremation facility in Korea was the Sindangri crematorium in Seoul in 1902. Japanese settlers built it in a Japanese style on a plot of land they received from the Seoul city government. Crematoriums...

2021.12.28

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