Gurye-gun, Public Natural Burial Site Renovation Completed

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[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok] Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it has renovated the public natural burial site located in Masan-myeon.

The county restructured the surrounding environment to align with the policy of revitalizing natural burials by covering the existing natural burial site with sandy soil suitable for burying cremated remains and planting grass.

The Gurye-gun public natural burial site, completed in July 2011, is a representative eco-friendly funeral facility with an area of 17,032㎡ and a capacity for 8,500 natural burials.

It has been operated to reflect the shift in funeral culture from burial-centered to cremation-centered and to resolve issues such as environmental damage caused by cemetery installations.

The eligible subjects for interment are ▲ those registered residents of Gurye-gun at the time of death or those whose registered domicile is Gurye-gun ▲ remains exhumed from graves located in the county ▲ foreigners who died in the county. The usage period is 40 years.

A county official stated, “Natural burial is an eco-friendly funeral method that comes from nature and returns to nature, promoting efficient use of the site and improving the landscape. It is also less costly and easier to manage compared to mound graves or enshrinement. We expect that the recent soil covering work at the public natural burial site will address various demands of the residents and significantly reduce their economic burden.”

Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok hss79@asiae.co.kr

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