Liu said that compared to the heavy and dark Chinese coffins, Italian coffins are lighter and often feature religious carvings. A Weibo post from China’s top law enforcement body juxtaposing the ...

South Korean police are seeking Interpol's assistance in apprehending two Chinese tourists accused of stealing multiple cremation urns from a temple on Jeju Island and demanding a ransom of up to US$2 ...

BEIJING: Protests in rural China have thwarted government attempts to enforce cremation in place of traditional burials, demonstrators say, as economic pressures fuel unrest in poor areas. Such ...

Traditional Chinese belief holds that an intact corpse buried in the earth allows the dead person's soul to live in peace Officials in a Chinese village dug up and set fire to a man's corpse after his ...

A popular video shows a woman who was purportedly hospitalized for the coronavirus saying she saw Chinese officials put a man who was still breathing in several plastic bags and take him away. The ...

Beijing: Two Chinese officials bought corpses from grave robbers to meet government cremation quotas, local media reported, as Beijing pushes to enforce its controversial and highly sensitive burial ...

The National Health Commission also banned burials and funerals to prevent the spread of the virus, which has now infected more than 17,300 people in at least 26 countries and killed 362. The vast ...

MANILA, Philippines — The cremation of the remains of the Chinese national who died of severe pneumonia caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been delayed anew after a funeral parlor ...

MANILA, Philippines — A community of Chinese nationals in the country has “backed out” on its promise to cremate the body of their 44-year-old compatriot who died February 1 in Manila due to severe ...

Cremation is commonplace in Chinese cities, but many rural communities view burials as an essential rite for the dead. (EPA Images pic) Protests in rural China have thwarted government attempts to ...