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“Behind a beautiful farewell lies ‘embalming’”

A feature on the embalming skills of CEO Kim Il-gwon, who handled the state funeral of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun. It describes how chemical treatment prevents decomposition to preserve the deceased close to their living appearance, and the shift in Korean funeral culture toward refrigerated preservation.

Untold stories behind the late President Roh Moo-hyun’s state funeral

Prompted by the state funeral of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun, this article compares Korean funeral customs — including public funerals — with different practices abroad.

Fruit of overseas exchange: official Korea–China repatriation partnership signed

As a result of overseas funeral-culture study trips since 2004 and ongoing international exchange, INTERNATIONAL F.S. signed an official partnership with China’s CXT (慈孝通国际) for repatriation services. Backed by U.S. NFDA credentials and 12 years of international repatriation experience, the company launches full-scale Korea–China repatriation services.

CEO story: specialist Kim Il-gwon

The story of CEO Kim Il-gwon, who left an executive post at an electronics company to earn Embalmer and Funeral Director qualifications at Delgado College in the U.S. in 2003, and handled hundreds of embalming cases at SCI in the U.S. He played a key role in the 2009 state funeral of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun.