The State Manages 57 Joint Burial Sites for Independence and National Merit Recipients

4.19 National Cemetery

[Asia Economy Reporter Yang Nak-gyu] A total of 57 joint burial sites for Independence Patriots and National Meritorious Persons scattered across the country have been designated as nationally managed cemeteries.

According to the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs on the 19th, the amendment to the "Act on the Establishment and Operation of National Cemeteries" was approved at the Cabinet meeting on the 17th.

The amendment stipulates that joint burial sites for Independence Patriots and National Meritorious Persons interred outside national cemeteries will be designated as nationally managed cemeteries and managed accordingly, and that relocation expenses will be supported when graves without surviving family members are moved to national cemeteries.

The main points state that joint burial sites for Independence Patriots and National Meritorious Persons will be designated as nationally managed cemeteries upon request from owners, managers, or bereaved families, and will be managed on par with national cemeteries.

The joint burial sites for Independence Patriots include 12 locations such as the Suyu-ri Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery and the Liberation Army Joint Cemetery in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul; the Mangwoo Park Cemetery (Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery) in Jungnang-gu, Seoul; the Hyochang Park Cemetery for the Three Martyrs and Provisional Government Figures in Yongsan, Seoul; and the Jeam-ri March 1st Movement Martyrs Cemetery and Gojuri Patriotic Martyrs Six Martyrs Cemetery in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do.

The joint burial sites for National Meritorious Persons, where soldiers who died in the Korean War and others are interred, number 45 nationwide. This amendment will take effect six months after its promulgation.

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