DEATH LITERACY CONNECT · 2026

A story that makes
death less daunting.

Talking about death
won't kill you. Shall we?
Deathtival 2026 · Oct 23–24 → What we do
DEATHTIVAL 2026

What is death?
Have you ever wanted
to talk about it with someone?

We are setting aside two days to talk about death — out loud, and to learn together.
Join us online or in person.
2026. 10. 23. — 10. 24.
10.23 FRI · ONLINE

Death Connectors Talk

10:00 – 12:30 · Zoom Webinar
Care · dying · bereavement practitioners — and anyone curious
"Is it OK to talk about death like this?"
  • OPENING · Yoo Eun-sil | Why death literacy, why now
  • SESSION 1 · Prof. Lee So-ra | The language of death literacy
  • SESSION 2 · Kang Won-nam · Sr. Son Young-soon · Yun Eun-nam | Choice & preparation, those left behind, and the DLI-K
  • SESSION 3 · Kim Young-a · Shin Ave · Park Jin-ok | 20s–30s × 50s–60s cross-generational talk
  • Q&A · Bring your own questions about death literacy
See full programme →
10.24 SAT · OFFLINE

Dive in Death

13:00 – 19:00 · Bukseongjae, Seochon
19 Pirundae-ro 7-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul · Open to everyone
The day death becomes play.
  • ✍️ Epitaph contest | One line you'd want to leave
  • ⚰️ Decorate-your-own coffin | A coffin, made by your hands
  • 📷 Funeral-portrait photo booth | The face you'd want to leave behind
  • 🧒 "Mum, what is dying?" | Curated children's picture books
  • 📖 Book talk 18:00–18:50 · Dr. Song In-ju | With the author of A Society That Dies Alone
  • 🎵 One Last BGM | The song that plays at your funeral
See full programme →
APPLY
Applications open
10/23 online — KRW 10,000 · 10/24 offline — free
Apply to Deathtival →
WHAT · This is what we do

Death, data
and stories

LIVE
01 · DIAGNOSTIC

DeathBTI

10 questions to find your death-literacy type. (Korean · 8 types)

See it →
COMING SOON
02 · INDEX

DLI-K

We are adapting the Death Literacy Index for Korea — the first of its kind. This is the story of that work.

COMING SOON
03 · WRITE

Connectors' essays

Honest stories from the six of us at Death Literacy Connect.

LIVE
04 · WATCH

Instagram

Updates from the team, interviews with care · dying · death professionals, and even our own comics.

See it →
COMING SOON
05 · SPEAK

Private conversations

An anonymous board for death talk and mourning.

WHO · The people who decided to talk about death

Meet Death
Literacy Connect.

Six professionals from the Asan Frontier Academy (Cohort 15) —
non-profit foundations, corporate foundations, a vocational school, a social venture.
Death Literacy Connect · team of six
Kim Young-a|CEO, Dadareuda
Song Da-hye|CEO, Nodak Company
Song Jun-hyeok|Head of General Affairs, Haesol Vocational Academy
Shin Ave|Head of Brand Communications, The Beautiful Foundation
Shin Gi-na|Head of Brand Management, Paradise Cultural Foundation
Yun Eun-nam|Director, ESG Marketing, GivingPlus Foundation
PARTNERS

Organisations we work with.

CONNECT

Shall we
connect?

Partnerships · speakers · press · volunteers · booths · anything, really. Deathtival partnerships are open right now.
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