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Hana Financial Group to refurbish 2,000 grave markers at national cemeteries

The financial group will also install 15 solar-powered shades at the Seoul and Daejeon national cemeteries.

2026.8.11

A woman is seen in front of a tombstone at the Seoul National Cemetery in Dongjak District, southern Seoul, on June 22, 2025. [YONHAP]

Almost 80% of applicants with criminal records approved for burial at national cemeteries over past 5 years

Nearly eight out of every 10 applicants with criminal records were allowed to be buried at national cemeteries over the past five years, raising concerns that screening standards may be too lenient.

2026.2.16

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Paying respects

Children pay their tributes to patriots at the National Cemetery in Daejeon on Thursday, four days ahead of Memorial Day (June 6).

2022.6.2

A burial ceremony is held for Paik Sun-yup, a Korean War hero and four-star general who died last Friday, at the Daejeon National Cemetery Wednesday. The funeral procession started from Asan Medical Center in Seoul earlier that morning. [YONHAP]

Final salutes, and protests, at general's burial

Paik Sun-yup, the country’s first four-star general recognized as a 1950-53 Korean War hero, was buried at the Daejeon National Cemetery Wednesday amid controversy over his lingering label as a collaborator with Japanese colonizers.

2020.7.15

Moon vows stronger security in Memorial Day address

President Moon Jae-in stressed his government's unswerving push for a peaceful Korea on Saturday, speaking in public hours after Pyongyang's threat of closing an inter-Korean liaison office.

2020.6.7

Paying homage

At the National Cemetery in Daejeon on Thursday, Navy soldiers pay their respects to the 46 fallen sailors of the Cheonan, which is believed to have been torpedoed by a North Korean submersible in 2010, as Memorial Day approaches on Saturday.

2020.6.4

In remembrance

Family members of people who were killed during the democratization movement in Gwangju in May 1980 pay homage by offering white chrysanthemums at a memorial altar set up at the May 18th National Cemetery on Sunday.

2020.5.17

Tag: national cemetery

national cemetery

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Hana Financial Group to refurbish 2,000 grave markers at national cemeteries

Almost 80% of applicants with criminal records approved for burial at national cemeteries over past 5 years

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Paying respects

Final salutes, and protests, at general's burial

Moon vows stronger security in Memorial Day address

Paying homage

In remembrance