In a country where owners of beloved pets often wish to cremate them to retain their ashes as keepsakes, a company has developed technology capable of handling even the smallest animals, such as ornamental fish.
Mourners wept and monks prayed at a cremation ceremony in a small town in central Thailand for 23 young students and teachers who died in last week’s bus fire on a school field trip.
Mourners wept and monks prayed at a cremation ceremony Tuesday in a small town in central Thailand for 23 young students and teachers who died in last week’s bus fire on a school field trip.
KOLKATA: The father of the doctor who was raped and murdered in India's Kolkata city said late Wednesday (Sept 4) night that police rushed the family into cremating her even though they wanted to keep her body for some time.
FUNERAL service providers have expressed doubt about Petaling Jaya City Council's (MBPJ) plan to have a private company run its crematorium.
Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) has assured that rates at its crematorium in Jalan 229, Section 51A will remain unchanged, even if the proposed privatisation of its operation goes through.
NONTHABURI, Thailand (Reuters) - Among the hundreds mourning Moe Myint on Sunday was the mother of the Burmese victim of last week's shooting rampage at a Bangkok mall, seeming dazed at the cremation ceremony on the outskirts of the Thai capital.
The options available in the United States include being memorialised in a diamond or getting launched into space.
FAMILY members of an 82-year-old man who was wrongly cremated in December 2019 are now seeking S$225,000 (RM772,000) in general damages from the parties they believe are linked to the mix-up.
When project manager Janice Soh saw a video of aquamation, or water cremation, by The Green Mortician that her friend shared, the 41-year-old knew immediately that this would be the best option for her ailing toy poodle, Toffee.
WHEN project manager Janice Soh saw a video of aquamation, or water cremation, by The Green Mortician that her friend shared, the 41-year-old knew immediately that this would be the best option for her ailing toy poodle, Toffee.
A bereavement care service provider and the public complaints bureau of a political party have teamed up to provide free cremation services to people in need.
Devastated families in Thailand gathered Tuesday for the cremation of their loved ones, killed in a nursery massacre that claimed 36 lives -- including 24 children.
UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP): Makeshift furnaces made of clay bricks were being built Monday (Oct 10) on the grounds of Buddhist temples in a town in northeastern Thailand to cremate the bodies of the mostly young victims of last week’s massacre at a daycare centre by a former policeman.
Makeshift furnaces made of clay bricks were being built on the grounds of Buddhist temples in a town in northeastern Thailand to cremate the bodies of the mostly young victims of last week’s massacre at a daycare centre by a former policeman.
Service charges at the Jalan Kuari Crematorium in Cheras, managed by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), could go up by a whopping 1,200%.
THE cremation of a Covid-19 victim at the Templer Crematorium in Seremban, Negri Sembian, has caused a furore among local residents, Makkal Osai reported.
SEREMBAN: Families grieving over the loss of loved ones due to Covid-19 are upset they are being charged excessively by undertakers.Some families claimed they are now paying double or three times more to cremate their loved ones.
MANILA: Families of coronavirus victims in the Philippines are being denied traditional death rites in favour of hurried, impersonal cremations, with virus restrictions often meaning they are forbidden a last look at their loved ones.
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Gas and firewood furnaces at a crematorium in the western Indian state of Gujurat have been running so long without a break during the COVID-19 pandemic that metal parts have begun to melt.