Tuesday, 29 April 2014

Actors, Kpop Idols, Entertainment Moguls Donate to Sewol Relief Fund


 Actor Kim SooHyun and Actress Park Shin Hye

 As the entertainment industry remains effectively shut down and South Korea continues to grieve for the victims of the Sewol ferry sinking, more Korean celebrities have donated money for the victims of the tragedy. Below is a long list of many famous entertainers, idols and public figures offering large sums of money:

  • Actor Kim Soo Hyun, who starred in the hit drama You Who Came From the Stars, donated 300 million won
  • 2PM’s Junho gave 30 million won to the Korea Disaster Relief Association and Miss A’s Suzy donated 50 million won
  • Actress Park Shin Hye and Chu Sung Hoon provided 50 million won each 
  • Rapper Tiger K donated 100 million won
  • MBLAQ’s Lee Joon also gave 10 million won 
  • TV host Kang Ho Dong donated 100 million won
  • Super Junior’s Kyuhyun gave 25 million won to Danwon High School, from which most of the passengers of the Sewol ferry came from
  • Couple Sul Kyung Gu and Song Yoon Ah also donated 100 million won
  • After School's UEE donated 30 million won to the Korean disaster relief association, Breeze of Hope
  • While Chief Lee Soo Man personally gave 500 million won, SM Entertainment also donated 500 million won for a total of 1 billion won 
  • Head of  YG Entertainment, Yang Hyun Suk has donated 500 million won
  •  High-profile actor Song Seung-heon donated 100 million won to the Red Cross. Soon after, actor On Joo-wan donated 10 million won to the charity organization.
  • Actress Ha Ji-won also gave 100 million won
  • Actor Jung Il-woo privately donated 30 million won to Hopebridge-Korea Disaster Relief Association, while actors Kang Dong-won, Yoo Ah-in and actress Song Hye-gyo had sent goods and supplies to Jindo through their agency UAA
  • Actor Kim Bo-sung also contributed 10 million won to the Community Chest of Korea, a charity organization
  • Actress Jeon Jihyun has donated 100 million won under her real name to the Korean Red Cross
  • Figure skater Kim Yu-na donated 100 million won to Unicef Korea 
  Some stars headed to Jindo to partake in rescue and relief efforts. Other artists expressed their condolences as they cancelled or delayed concerts, promotional events and album releases including popular boy bands EXO, Block B, Infinite, singers Lena Park, Kim Jin-ho, G-Na, Junggigo, and Ji-yeon from T-ara.
 

Source: newsen

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