SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The COVID-19 pandemic has made this year’s winter colder and harsher, particularly for the energy-poor households in South Korea who need to endure the winter’s cold with coal briquettes. Coal briquette donations plunged this year, and the number of volunteers participating in coal briquette sharing activities declined primarily due [...]
DONGDUCHEON, South Korea, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Some 60 soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division volunteered Tuesday by delivering yeontan, coal briquettes still used cooking and heating by low-income families, to 24 homes in Dongducheon. The community outreach project, arranged with the Gyeonggi Provincial Government, first took place in 2013 to promote friendship between [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Winter is rapidly approaching, but donations of yeontan, coal briquettes that are used in low-income households for cooking and heating, are not as abundant as they were last year. Officials point to a combination of factors for the change, including the introduction of the new anti-corruption law, President Park’s [...]