In North Korea, sometimes the dead come back

No, not zombies – absence of medical care, standard funeral homes means some are declared dead prematurely

Every week we ask a North Korean your questions, giving you the chance to learn more about the country we know so little about. This week Espen Arnesen in Kyoto asks: Where are people in North Korea buried? What do people do when their loved ones die? I know there are many funeral halls in South Korea. But there were none in my hometown in North Korea. I don’t know if such funeral halls existed in other regions of North Korea, but I know we usually held funerals at the homes of the dead. Without any funeral halls in