Gyeongju-si to Remove Hwangseong-dong Cemetery and Develop Public Parking Lot

Completion of Cemetery Relocation by the Second Half of Next Year

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Gyeongju City announced on the 16th that it will create a public parking lot with 121 parking spaces on a 3,965㎡ site at 484 Hwangseong-dong by the second half of next year.<사진>

Among the 149 scattered graves, 49 have been relocated, and compensation negotiations are underway for 18 graves with confirmed relatives. The relocation process for the remaining 82 unclaimed graves is expected to be completed by the second half of next year. The total project cost is 900 million KRW (400 million KRW for grave relocation, 500 million KRW for construction).

Hwangseong-dong is the most densely populated area in the region, currently home to about 28,800 people and approximately 11,100 households, following the construction of large apartment complexes. Until the 1970s, it was an outlying area covered with pine forests, and according to Gyeongju City, the graves that were gradually established since the Japanese colonial period have transformed into the current communal cemetery.

From the 1st to the 22nd of next month, Gyeongju City plans to conduct a joint public-private search for relatives of the unclaimed graves in the so-called 'Hwangseong-dong communal cemetery' area.

Gyeongju City expects that once this project is completed, the eyesore in the city center will disappear, and with the establishment of the public parking lot in its place, the living conditions for citizens will greatly improve.

Mayor Jun Nak-young stated, "We will focus administrative efforts on completing the relocation project of the so-called 'Hwangseong-dong communal cemetery,' a long-standing wish of the local residents, to achieve both urban aesthetics improvement and parking shortage resolution."

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