This summer has been longer and hotter than ever, making sleep difficult and underscoring the harsh reality of climate change. Typically, we expect cooler weather around Chuseok, but this year we visited our family graves while sweating under the unrelenting heat. This shift raises an important question: should we consider alternatives like cemetery parks or planting trees instead of maintaining traditional burial sites?

While families should gather during holidays, the burden of maintaining ancestral gravesites may warrant a more practical approach that remains respectful. Having lived by Confucian values — benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and filial piety — I now see the fairness in adjusting traditions to fit modern realities.

During this latest Chuseok, I participated in a meaningful........

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