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Korean community donates $2K to bury unclaimed body
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Posted on Mar 06 2020
The Korean community on Saipan paid for the expenses incurred in the burial of a 49-year-old male who passed away last Feb. 8.
According to Won Suk Bang, Korean consular assistant, the Korean community helped pitch in with donations and that’s how they were able to donate $2,000 to the Commonwealth Health Care Corp. to pay for burial expenses.
Hun Young Park, a 49-year-old male, had a stroke one week prior to his death. According to Bang, Park had been admitted to the intensive care of the Commonwealth Health Center and progressively worsened. Park’s body remained unclaimed because he had no family on the island and had no known history of an employer. According to Bang, Park had issues with renewing his CNMI-Only Transitional Worker visa, which led him to stay on Saipan for the last six years of his life.
Bang mentioned that the Korean government also reached out to Park’s family but they were overseas and weren’t available to come for the burial.
“We want to extend our appreciation to CHC for being really helpful with everything for someone who doesn’t have a family on the island,” said Bang.
Last Feb 18, the American Red Cross-NMI Chapter, along with the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Veteran Affairs Office, had a special burial known as the “Final Salute” for an unclaimed veteran, Robert McCausland, whose body had been languishing at the CHC morgue for 18 months.
