The Korea Herald

Family joins large-sum donors’ club

Dec 19, 2012

A whole family has joined a club of large-sum donors for the first time.According to the Community Chest of Korea on Tuesday, Kang Soo-jin, 41, and her son Won Sung-joon, 16, pledged to donate 100 million won ($92,000) each to the charity fundraiser, joining Kang’s husband Won Young-sik. With the pledges, Kang and Won Sung-joon have become the 193rd and 194th members of the Community Chest of Korea’s Honor Society, which consists of those who donated or pledged to donate 100 million won or more
Protector of children and justice

Dec 19, 2012

Chief of two international organizations, Song helps children facing war crimes, disease and poverty
Police officer joins club of 100 million won donors

Dec 12, 2012

A senior police officer has joined an honorable group of large-sum donors by giving 100 million won to charity Tuesday.Park Sung-soo, chief of Hanam Police Station in Gyeonggi Province, pledged Tuesday to donate 100 million won to Community Chest of Korea. With the pledge, he has become the 186th member of the Honor Society which consists of those who donate or pledge to donate 100 million won ($93,000) or more within a year to the charity fund-raiser.He also has become the first police officer
Knitting to save lives

Dec 12, 2012

Save the Children’s hat-knitting campaign brings warmth to newborn babies in harsh weather
Number of disabled people soars in 6 years

Dec 5, 2012

The number of South Koreans with disabilities jumped by more than half a million in six years due mainly to a rise in the country’s elderly population, whose age-related diseases often lead to a disability, a report showed Wednesday.As of the end of last year, 2.68 million people, or 5.61 percent of the entire population, had disabilities, up 535,000 from the 2.15 million tallied in 2005, the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) said in the report. Compared with the 1.45 millio
Buy social enterprise products at Gmarket

Dec 5, 2012

What about cookies made by bakers with physical disabilities as yuletide gifts? Gmarket, the nation’s largest online marketplace, and Auction, its sister e-commerce site, are now offering products of over 100 social enterprises for gift shoppers who wish to spend their money for a good cause, eBay Korea, the sites’ operator, and the government said Wednesday. Their special promotion of social enterprises, for-profit yet social mission-driven companies such as a bakery hiring disabled persons, fo
A bowl of love for the needy

Dec 5, 2012

Sinseon Seolnongtang helps poor, elderly, African children with saved rice
Good Neighbors biggest aid NGO in Korea

Nov 28, 2012

Good Neighbors activists travel around the world helping people suffering because of natural disasters, poverty and war.The nongovernmental organization devoted to international relief and development was founded in 1991 by seven people including current chairman Lee Il-ha.It was granted General Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 1996. The highest NGO status of three, including special consultative and roster status, is reserved for large international NGOs
International aid makes world safer: NGO chief

Nov 28, 2012

Good Neighbors help North Korea, other countries suffering from war, poverty, disasters
Salvation Army Korea to begin collection on Nov. 30

Nov 21, 2012

The Salvation Army Korea is kicking off this year’s charity work by hosting a special ceremony at Seoul Square on Nov. 30.This year, the Christian charity organization aims to raise 5 billion won ($4.6 million). Its signature collection pots ― red kettles ― will be set up in about 300 different locations across the country. Participants can also donate money online or by phone. The Salvation Army is also introducing “digital red kettles” on streets ― the device scans a donor’s credit card and au
Golfer Choi Na-yeon donates to LPGA youth program

Nov 21, 2012

South Korean LPGA Tour star Choi Na-yeon has made a donation to a U.S. grant program for junior golfers, the tour said Wednesday.In a statement, the LPGA Tour said Choi contributed $30,000 to the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf program to provide golf equipment to girls beginning to take interest in the game.Choi, the No. 2-ranked female golfer in the world, won twice in 2012, including the season-ending CME Group Titleholders last weekend. In July, she won her first career major at the U.S. Women’s Open.T
Ex-soldier donates blood 600 times

Nov 21, 2012

Only 3 percent of Koreans donate blood, which is a scary experience for most. But for Hwang Eui-seong, a retired sergeant major, it is a habit that he has done every two weeks for over 35 years.“I saw on a TV news report that a huge amount of blood was imported from other countries including China,” Hwang said as he recalled a day in 1975 when he began donating blood. “As an army officer who serves for this country, I could not just sit still and do nothing.”He recorded his 600th blood donation
Top prize for overseas service goes to late missionary

Nov 14, 2012

The presidential prize of this year’s 7th Korea Overseas Service Awards will go to the late missionary Lim Yeon-sim who devoted her last 28 years to community service in Turkana in northern Kenya before dying of an endemic in August.The Korea International Cooperation Agency said Wednesday that it would present the awards to eight overeas volunteers at its headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on Nov. 23.Lim was dispatched to Kenya by the Yeouido Full Gospel Church in 1984 with the missio
Nun cares for terminally ill

Nov 14, 2012

Ro says hospice is not about death, but love
Taxi driver provides community service in local neighborhood

Nov 7, 2012

Taxi driver Kim Young-chan has been devoted to volunteering for elderly and disadvantaged people for the past 20 years. Kim and several colleagues established community service group Saranghwe in 1992 when they were given licenses for a private taxi business by Seoul Metropolitan Government. It has grown into an organization with about 30 taxi drivers.“We agreed we used to have difficult lives, but now that the government gives us benefits, we should return to society and help others when we can