Korea - Scattering Ashes

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South Korea has adopted cremation in a big way

In the 1994 20.5% of South Koreans chose cremation, this figure has shot up to 86% last year. A massive change in less than a generation. I have never known any county’s funeral practises to change as radically as quickly, in the UK the same change took three times as long a an we are […]

Cremation beads an idea from South Korea

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Times are changing in South Korea and cremation is on the rise, space and cost being two of the main factors. And so are traditions in the way people are memorialising. One option is to have the cremation ashes turned into beads. I quite like this idea. Instead of an urn filled with ashes or […]

Cremations in Korea: the trend for demand and memorialisation appears to be the same as the UK?

Cremation trends in South Korea South Korea is going through dramatic changes in funeral tradition and the infrastructure and legislature is only just catching up. Like the UK the popularity of cremations has soared over recent years “Two decades ago, 17.8 percent of those deceased were cremated. Today, those cremated has reached more than 65 […]