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Busan to exhume 1,574 cremated remains after memorial-use periods end
Busan Facilities Corporation will begin procedures to exhume 1,574 sets of cremated remains at Busan Yeongnak Park and Busan Memorial Park.
The remains are in memorial halls, walls and graves, and their permitted use periods have expired.
Families or other relatives have until Jan.
31, 2027, to claim the remains, along with memorial tablets, photographs and other personal items.
People claiming remains must provide documents proving their family connection, such as a family relationship certificate or a family register extract.
Unclaimed remains will be moved to temporary storage for five years in areas for people with no known relatives at the two parks.
After five years, they are scheduled for collective burial under relevant laws.
Details on the list of remains and how to claim them are available on the city and memorial parks' websites.
Busan Facilities Corporation will cancel permits and begin opening procedures for 1,574 cremated remains whose memorial-use periods have expired.
The remains are held at Busan Yeongnak Park and Busan Memorial Park.
Relatives or other people connected to the remains can contact either park by Jan. 31, 2027, to reclaim them and personal items.
Unclaimed remains will be temporarily kept in each park’s room for people without known relatives for five years before collective burial.
- Who
- Busan Facilities Corporation is handling the procedures. Relatives or other people connected to the remains may reclaim them.
- What
- The corporation will cancel permits and open 1,574 memorial containers holding cremated remains.
- When
- The announcement was made on Oct. 15, 2026. The deadline to reclaim remains is Jan. 31, 2027.
- Where
- Busan Yeongnak Park and Busan Memorial Park in Busan.
- Why
- The memorial-use periods for the remains have expired.
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Busan Facilities Corporation announced the permit cancellations and opening procedures for the remains.
Relatives or other connected people must contact either park to reclaim remains and personal items.
Unclaimed remains will be temporarily kept in rooms for people without known relatives for five years before collective burial.
- Total
- 1,574 remains
- Busan Yeongnak Park
- 952 in memorial halls
- Busan Memorial Park
- 501 in memorial halls, 31 in memorial walls and 90 in memorial graves
- Reclamation deadline
- Jan. 31, 2027
- Temporary storage
- Five years before collective burial