Victims of Bucheon hotel fire remembered
![Mourners pay respects at a memorial service held in front of Bucheon City Hall in Gyeonggi Wednesday afternoon to mark the 49th day since the Bucheon hotel fire that claimed the lives of seven people. The service is a Buddhist ritual held on the 49th day after a person's death, believed to be the day their soul reincarnates. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/10/09/c0602913-7b2f-41c0-90d1-6e43e2256ad8.jpg)
Mourners pay respects at a memorial service held in front of Bucheon City Hall in Gyeonggi Wednesday afternoon to mark the 49th day since the Bucheon hotel fire that claimed the lives of seven people. The service is a Buddhist ritual held on the 49th day after a person's death, believed to be the day their soul reincarnates. [YONHAP]
Mourners pay respects at a memorial service held in front of Bucheon City Hall in Gyeonggi Wednesday afternoon to mark the 49th day since the Bucheon hotel fire that claimed the lives of seven people. The service is a Buddhist ritual held on the 49th day after a person's death, believed to be the day their soul reincarnates.
![Mourners pay respects at a memorial service held in front of Bucheon City Hall in Gyeonggi Wednesday afternoon to mark the 49th day since the Bucheon hotel fire that claimed the lives of seven people. The service is a Buddhist ritual held on the 49th day after a person's death, believed to be the day their soul reincarnates. [NEWS1]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/10/09/55771ae2-1179-477a-b336-9160646c3aef.jpg)
Mourners pay respects at a memorial service held in front of Bucheon City Hall in Gyeonggi Wednesday afternoon to mark the 49th day since the Bucheon hotel fire that claimed the lives of seven people. The service is a Buddhist ritual held on the 49th day after a person's death, believed to be the day their soul reincarnates. [NEWS1]
![Mourners pay respects at a memorial service held in front of Bucheon City Hall in Gyeonggi Wednesday afternoon to mark the 49th day since the Bucheon hotel fire that claimed the lives of seven people. The service is a Buddhist ritual held on the 49th day after a person's death, believed to be the day their soul reincarnates. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/10/09/e3b5af5e-4427-4ebe-ab3c-97cc83486fd9.jpg)
Mourners pay respects at a memorial service held in front of Bucheon City Hall in Gyeonggi Wednesday afternoon to mark the 49th day since the Bucheon hotel fire that claimed the lives of seven people. The service is a Buddhist ritual held on the 49th day after a person's death, believed to be the day their soul reincarnates. [YONHAP]
![Mourners pay respects at a memorial service held in front of Bucheon City Hall in Gyeonggi Wednesday afternoon to mark the 49th day since the Bucheon hotel fire that claimed the lives of seven people. The service is a Buddhist ritual held on the 49th day after a person's death, believed to be the day their soul reincarnates. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/10/09/5724d0cb-4d73-41bf-80dc-af8484a374ad.jpg)
Mourners pay respects at a memorial service held in front of Bucheon City Hall in Gyeonggi Wednesday afternoon to mark the 49th day since the Bucheon hotel fire that claimed the lives of seven people. The service is a Buddhist ritual held on the 49th day after a person's death, believed to be the day their soul reincarnates. [YONHAP]
BY KIM MIN-YOUNG [kim.minyoung5@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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