Public Cemeteries to Close During Lunar New Year’s Holiday to Stem COVID-19

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic is expected to put the brakes on Koreans’ time-honored Lunar New Year’s custom of visiting ancestral graves, as many local governments nationwide are determined to close public cemeteries during the holiday period next month, officials said Friday. A number of metropolitan and provincial governments have announced [...]