SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans from all around the world are stepping up to help Ukrainian refugees who have fled from their homes following Russia’s invasion of their country. The Korean American Federation of Los Angeles and the Hwarang Youth Foundation sent US$500 as the first round of donations to each of the [...]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) - The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF), a global nonprofit foundation, dedicated to improving the lives of children and families around the world, announced it has allocated US$333,000 to the World Food Program USA to assist with disaster relief from Typhoon Odette in the Philippines. The grant will support the U.N. World Food Programme [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean military enthusiasts have stepped up to help Ukraine. The enthusiasts have begun donating combat uniforms, helmets and combat boots, as seen on Twitter and other social media platforms. The Ukrainian Embassy in Seoul did not make any public requests for donations of military equipment. However, the embassy [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s most successful entrepreneurs are often willing to share how lessons learned and resilience have shaped their business sense, but few transcend their successes to optimistically forge a path to overcome one’s biggest challenge – their health. Going public with his own story, Wilson, who was [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, said Saturday it will donate US$6 million to support humanitarian efforts for Ukrainian refugees. “We’re pushing to send humanitarian relief materials in cooperation with international organizations,” the company said. “We decided to donate $6 million to groups like the Ukrainian Red Cross [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Personal donations toward helping out the government of Ukraine and its people after Russia’s invasion have gained traction among South Koreans as the attacks reached the end of the first week. The Ukrainian Embassy in South Korea, which announced a special bank account to collect humanitarian donations to assist [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called ‘fandom donations’ in which fans of celebrities or public figures engage in acts of donation continue to expand every year, gaining a foothold as a new tier of donation practices. The Beautiful Foundation, a South Korean charity group, and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy studied [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — J-hope, a member of K-pop superband BTS, donated 100 million won (US$84,000) Friday for children suffering economic hardships amid the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, a charity group said. According to ChildFund Korea, J-hope expressed hope that his donation will be used to help children in need have a warm winter. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A K-pop fan club in Thailand visited slums to share end-of-year compassion with the poor. Some 30 members of the BTS and So Ji-sub fan clubs visited Khlong Toei, a downtown slum in Bangkok last Friday. They were the winners of the K-pop cover dance festival held by the [...]