SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Korean celebrities have joined nationwide efforts to help victims of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Jimin and J-Hope, both members of the K-pop supergroup BTS, have donated 100 million won (US$77,918) each to the Korean Committee for UNICEF to be used for its emergency relief [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-pop industry joined international efforts Monday to help Turkey and Syria recover from the deadly earthquakes. Hybe, the parent company of K-pop superstars BTS’ label, has donated 500 million won (US$391,634) to Save the Children, a leading international relief group for children, to help the people hit by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s petroleum refining industry, which enjoyed record-breaking financial results last year thanks to sky-high oil prices, is taking steps to support the heating bills for the nation’s energy-vulnerable households. Hyundai Oilbank Co. said Wednesday it will donate 10 billion won (US$7.90 million) to help alleviate the burden of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer Lee Seung-gi donated 550 million won (US$442,250) Friday to the Korean Red Cross on the occasion of his birthday, the humanitarian organization said. His donation will be used to make bloodmobiles and mobile meal service vehicles for disaster relief operations, it said. At the donation ceremony, the Red [...]
TAEBAEK, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An elderly person in his late 60s visited the administrative welfare center in Taebaek, Gangwon Province on Tuesday. He carried a 20-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder. “This is a piggy bank that I made for myself. The amount of money I saved is not much but I hope [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — GS Caltex Corp., a major South Korean refiner, said Thursday it will make and donate “braille first-aid kits” for visually impaired people during the year-end season. The braille first-aid kit is made by inserting various medical items such as ointment, disinfectant and antipyretic analgesic into a flat first-aid kit [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An Asiana Airlines flight Thursday from South Korea to Nepal carried some highly unusual passengers: 42 dairy cows were aboard as part a project that illustrates the value of paying it forward. The cows are the first batch of a total of 101 Holstein heifers and two breeding bulls [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of Hybe, the entertainment firm behind K-pop supergroup BTS, donated 5 billion won (US$3.5 million) to a local charity, it has said. The donation will be used to help out-of-school youths and those in residential care facilities get fair educational opportunities without discrimination, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, leader of K-pop superband BTS, has donated 100 million won (US$71,854) for the second consecutive year to preserve and restore overseas Korean cultural heritage, a state-run cultural foundation said Thursday. The Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation said the singer, whose real Korean name is Kim Nam-joon, has recently [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean embassy in Mexico has donated three pieces of medical equipment valued at US$76,000 to the Korea-Mexico friendship hospital located in Mérida, capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan. The donation includes mobile ultrasonic diagnosis equipment, a mobile X-ray scanner and a video electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring device. [...]