ANLONG VENG, Cambodia – Ten years after the death of brutal Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, his cremation site has become a symbol of spiritual comfort to some in the village where he died.

Some of the containers offered at Joseph H Brown Jr. Funeral Home for cremated remains. The funeral home offers alkaline hydrolysis or water cremation as well as traditional fire cremation at ...

The cremation site roof sparked some negative reactions on social media, with critics speaking of a glorification of Pol Pot, whose ban on religion deprived his victims of Buddhist funeral rites ...

Cremation is now the most popular option for final disposition. Cremation was used in 54 percent of deaths in 2019, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. They project that to ...

He says this is a greener, though more costly, option than traditional cremation. Brown is standing near the vessel that is used in the process. (Kim Hairston/Staff) Some of the containers offered ...

Cremation is rising in popularity as an alternative to traditional burial. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you take ...

including rules for the cremation process and for containers used in the process." The water cremation process requires an alkaline hydrolysis machine that has a single chamber "which is air and ...

To most, that means disposing of a body with fire. But proponents are trying to bring a new form of "cremation" to Indiana — one that relies on water rather than flames. A new bill proposed in ...

AS AN ALTERNATIVE. WHO IS THE MOST COMMON PUBLIC REACTION TO WATER CREMATION? SUPPORTERS EMPHASIZE, THOUGH THEY’RE NOT BOILING ANYONE. IT’S MORE LIKE PLACING THE BODY IN A BIG WASHING MACHINE.