Funerals For Lonely Deaths In South Korea

GOYANG, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 04: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) Staff at Eunpeyong village funeral service push the platform with a coffin of a man, who died alone, at a crematorium on July 4, 2016 in Goyang, South Korea. The number of lonely deaths in South Korea, including people who die alone at home or in a hospital with no relative willing to claim their remains, have surged from 682 in 2011 to 1,245 in 2015 according to South Korean government statistics. (Photo by Jean Chung/Getty Images)