Yongin City Concludes Business Agreement with 6 Local Funeral Halls on Public Funeral Services

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Ki-ho Choi] Yongin Special City announced on the 29th that it has concluded a 'Business Agreement for Promoting Public Funerals' with 6 local funeral halls to support funerals for deceased unclaimed individuals.

The business agreement ceremony held at City Hall on the 25th was attended by Mayor Sang-il Lee of Yongin City, Seung-chan Yang, representative of the Davos Hospital Funeral Culture Center, Dong-kyoo Lee, representative of the Yongin Seoul Hospital Funeral Culture Center, Min-hee Lee, representative of the Yongin Citizens Funeral Culture Institute, Gil-ho Cha, director of Yongin First Medical Hospital Funeral Hall, Hui-taek Lim, director of Giheung Funeral Hall, and Ju-yeon Jung, director of Shuil Nakwon Gyeonggi Funeral Hall, among others.

Under the agreement concluded to support public funerals for deceased unclaimed individuals, the 6 funeral halls that signed the agreement take charge of all funeral proceedings including coffining, enshrining, and memorial services, while the city provides necessary administrative support for the funeral process.

Yongin City's public funeral support project provides up to 1.6 million won in funeral expenses to assist in arranging funeral parlors and holding memorial services for deceased unclaimed individuals and those facing difficulties due to family relationship severance.

Meanwhile, the city has been promoting public funeral service support since 2023. In September last year, it enacted the 'Ordinance on Public Funeral Support of Yongin City' to establish legal grounds, and supported a total of 42 cases of public funeral services last year.

Mayor Sang-il Lee stated, "There are unfortunately cases where individuals without families or whose deceased's remains are refused by relatives cannot have proper funerals, but we have concluded this agreement so that the deceased's final farewell will not be lonely," and added, "I am grateful to the organizations participating in this agreement to help preserve human dignity, and I hope this culture will spread further."