The intense grief that Kim II-nam has felt every day since his father died 27 years ago led to a startling decision: He dug up the grave, cremated his father's bones and paid $870 to have the ashes ...

More Koreans are raising pets and want them cremated when they die. But no one wants a cremation facility in their town. According to the latest poll conducted by South Korea’s Animal and Plant ...

The cremation rate in South Korea continues to be on a steady rise, data showed Sunday, prompting concerns over potential shortages of cremation facilities, especially in densely populated major ...

Since the 1990s, there has been a change in how Koreans view death, with more preferring cremation after death, according to a new report released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The cremation ...

July 22 (UPI) --South Korea expressed regret after Vietnamese authorities cremated the body of a South Korean national who may have died due to COVID-19 complications. South Korean foreign ministry ...

Last year more than one Korean who died in two chose to be cremated. And the number is bound to grow and the authorities are trying to cope with the trend. The Church, too, is trying to adapt to the ...

During the Joseon era, young people demonstrated filial piety by living at their parents' grave sites for three years and then maintaining them in perpetuity. Cremation in that neo-Confucian society ...

More Koreans are raising pets and want them cremated when they die. But no one wants a cremation facility in their town.

Family members visit an ancestral cemetery in the northern city of Paju on Feb. 8, 2026, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. (Yonhap) SEOUL, Feb 16 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- The cremation rate in South ...