Samcheok-si Expands Memorial Park Veterans Zone Natural Burial Grounds by 1,000 Plots

Proactive Response to Rising Demand for Natural Burials
Enhancing the Dignity of Honors for National Merit Awardees

Samcheok-si in Gangwon Province is launching a full-scale project to expand the natural burial grounds in the memorial park's "Veterans Zone" to provide more final resting places and strengthen honors for those who devoted themselves to the nation.

Samcheok City will move forward in earnest with a project to expand the Bohunjon natural burial site within the memorial park to provide more final resting places and enhanced honors for those who devoted themselves to the nation. Provided by Samcheok City.

Currently, the Veterans Zone in Section 2 of the Samcheok-si Memorial Park operates 196 natural burial plots and 392 charnel house niches. However, as more bereaved families have recently come to prefer natural burials over enshrinement in a charnel house, it has been anticipated that the remaining interment space will become insufficient.

To address this, the city plans to create an additional approximately 2,520 square meters of natural burial grounds by utilizing the remaining land within the Veterans Zone. Once this expansion is completed, more than 1,000 additional remains can be interred, which is expected to enable a stable response to funeral needs for national merit awardees and their bereaved families.

In addition, by systematically expanding the natural burial grounds, which are currently only partially developed, the city plans to improve the unity and landscape of the Veterans Zone and further enhance its dignity as a memorial space that honors the noble sacrifices and contributions of those who served the nation. Furthermore, through future amendments to the relevant ordinances, Samcheok-si also plans to refine standards such as headstone dimensions and installation criteria, thereby creating an environment befitting the honor of national merit awardees.

An official from Samcheok-si said, "We will continue to maintain and expand the Veterans Zone so that national merit awardees and their bereaved families who devoted themselves to the nation can be treated with respect," adding, "We will continue to do our utmost to honor national merit awardees and to promote a culture of veterans affairs."

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