SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The founder of South Korea’s top mobile messenger operator Kakao Corp. said Tuesday that he will donate half of his wealth — currently estimated to be more than 10 trillion won (US$8.9 billion). “Through this pledge today, we commit to give more than half of our wealth back to [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Suga, a member of global sensation BTS, celebrated his birthday in a meaningful way this year by making a donation for child cancer patients in his hometown. The rapper-singer donated 100 million won (US$88,012) to Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital in Daegu, 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Tuesday, his [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it donated US$1 million to community partners in Texas to support their winter storm relief efforts. The South Korean tech giant said its donation will be used to provide food, water, health services and shelters in the U.S. state where severe weather caused big [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Woowa Brothers Corp. CEO Kim Bong-jin has followed in the footsteps of Kakao Corp. founder Kim Beom-su to donate half of his fortune, bringing a pleasant surprise to the public. The decision by these self-made entrepreneurs to donate half of their fortune comes as a stark contrast to other conglomerates, known [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government is pushing for a program in which foreign nationals subject to deportation due to minor offenses could extend their stay legally in return for a donation, the justice ministry said Saturday. According to a research paper commissioned by the ministry on the subject, convicted foreign nationals [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The founder of South Korea’s top mobile messenger operator Kakao Corp. said Monday that he will donate more than half of his wealth — currently estimated to be more than 10 trillion won (US$8.9 billion). “I have pledged to donate more than half of my assets to solve social [...]
TAEBAEK, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Last Wednesday, a woman in her 40s visited a community center in Taebaek, Gangwon Province, leaving behind a large contribution for those in need. The woman remained anonymous, giving away 3 million won (US$2,700). Last December, another anonymous donor gave 100 kilograms of rice cakes to those in need. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Navy provided 10,000 facial masks and 2,000 units of hand sanitizers to the Philippines on Tuesday to express thanks to the country for fighting alongside South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War, it said. The Navy’s task group on an annual cruise training delivered the antivirus items to the Southeast [...]
NEW DELHI, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has donated new coronavirus test kits worth 930 million won (US$800,000) to Afghanistan, according to diplomatic officials Sunday. The some 40,000 test kits of the real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) type were delivered on Saturday at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, according to the South [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, the leader of K-pop super group BTS and a well-known art buff, has donated 100 million won (US$84,000) to the art foundation of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary (MMCA) on the occasion of his birthday last week, the foundation announced Monday. The donation will be used [...]