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Ashes to beads: South Koreans try new way to mourn

Bloomberg Business Week
The Associated Press
November 14, 2011

ICHEON, South Korea

The intense grief that Kim II-nam has felt every day since his father died 27 years ago led to a startling decision: He dug up his father’s grave, cremated his bones and paid $870 to have the ashes transformed into gem-like beads.

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