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 ...

MANILA, Philippines - A former policeman, who owns a mortuary where slain South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo’s body was brought for cremation, said processing the bodies of those killed in drug ...

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 ...

South Korea’s funeral culture is fast changing with four out of five deceased being cremated rather than buried, government data showed Monday. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the ...

Posthumous welfare is an important public policy issue. Despite this, it has failed to command sufficient attention from ...

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 ...

Korean personages promised to leave a verbal will that they want to be cremated after they die. On September 16, 30 VIP's including Song Wol Joo (a Buddhist leader) had a ceremony committing ...

Cremation is rapidly expanding nationwide, lead by metropolitan centers. It was learned that in Seoul and Pusan, 51.9 percent of people chose cremation over other options. This is up 8.9 percent from ...

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 ...