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History

June 4, 1976

• The basic plan for construction of the Mang-Hyang Cemetery was finalized and the Cheonwon-gun Mang-Hyang Cemetery Building Promotion Committee was established.

October 2, 1976

• Management Office of the Mang-Hyang Cemetery completed at Cheonwon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do Burial and joint memorial services were held for the first 213 remains returned to their homeland

January 1, 1983

• Status elevated to the Management Office of the National Mang-Hyang Cemetery Transferred from Cheonwon-gun to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfares (current Ministry of Health and Welfare) (Presidential Decree No. 10986 dated December 30, 1982)

August 18, 1999

• Mang-Hyang House (Charnel House) completed

September 26, 2013

• Renamed as the Office of National Cemetery for Overseas Koreans (Presidential Decree No. 24770 dated September 26, 2013)