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'''National Mang-Hyang Cemetery''' ({{Korean|hangul=국립망향의동산|hanja=國立望鄕의동산}}) is a cemetery in Seonggeo-eup, [[Seobuk-gu]], [[Cheonan]], [[South Chungcheong Province]], South Korea. The cemetery is largely devoted to interring the remains of members of the [[Korean diaspora]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=손 |first=승호 |title=국립망향의 동산 (國立望鄕의 동산) |work=한국민족문화대백과사전 [Encyclopedia of Korean Culture] |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0017911 |access-date=2024-03-29 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |language=ko}}</ref>
It was founded on October 2, 1976 as a joint effort with [[Zainichi Koreans|Zainichi Korean]] (pre-1945 [[Koreans in Japan]] and their descendents) organization [[Mindan]]. The cemetery was meant to hold the remains of various Zainichi Koreans. Since then, its scope has expanded to include all members of the Korean diaspora.<ref name=":0" /> It became a national cemetery in 2013.<ref name=":0" />
People over 70 years old can apply to reserve a spot in the cemetery.<ref name=":0" /> Each year, a memorial ceremony is held in the cemetery on October 2.<ref name=":0" />
Numerous groups in the Korean diaspora are represented in the cemetery. It holds memorials for those who remains were lost or destroyed during World War II. It has a memorial for the passengers of [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]], who were shot down over by the Soviet Union over Sakhalin on September 1, 1983.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.nmhc.go.kr/eng/ Homepage] (in English; also available in Korean, Russian, and Chinese)
[[Category:2013 establishments]]
Okumaya devam et...
'''National Mang-Hyang Cemetery''' ({{Korean|hangul=국립망향의동산|hanja=國立望鄕의동산}}) is a cemetery in Seonggeo-eup, [[Seobuk-gu]], [[Cheonan]], [[South Chungcheong Province]], South Korea. The cemetery is largely devoted to interring the remains of members of the [[Korean diaspora]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=손 |first=승호 |title=국립망향의 동산 (國立望鄕의 동산) |work=한국민족문화대백과사전 [Encyclopedia of Korean Culture] |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0017911 |access-date=2024-03-29 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |language=ko}}</ref>
It was founded on October 2, 1976 as a joint effort with [[Zainichi Koreans|Zainichi Korean]] (pre-1945 [[Koreans in Japan]] and their descendents) organization [[Mindan]]. The cemetery was meant to hold the remains of various Zainichi Koreans. Since then, its scope has expanded to include all members of the Korean diaspora.<ref name=":0" /> It became a national cemetery in 2013.<ref name=":0" />
People over 70 years old can apply to reserve a spot in the cemetery.<ref name=":0" /> Each year, a memorial ceremony is held in the cemetery on October 2.<ref name=":0" />
Numerous groups in the Korean diaspora are represented in the cemetery. It holds memorials for those who remains were lost or destroyed during World War II. It has a memorial for the passengers of [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]], who were shot down over by the Soviet Union over Sakhalin on September 1, 1983.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.nmhc.go.kr/eng/ Homepage] (in English; also available in Korean, Russian, and Chinese)
[[Category:2013 establishments]]
Okumaya devam et...