SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will actively consider building new crematoriums in addition to adding furnaces to existing ones in an effort to meet soaring cremation demand from rising COVID-19 deaths, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Sunday. Oh made the remark to reporters during a visit to Seoul Memorial Park, [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The government decided to increase the capacity of public crematoriums across the country to cope with the rising death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Tuesday. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced daily furnace operations at all 60 public crematoriums nationwide will grow to seven times [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 90 percent of those who died last year were cremated, but crematorium services in South Korea are falling short of the growing demand, government data showed Monday. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare data submitted to Rep. Nam In-soon of the ruling Democratic Party, the bodies [...]