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Asan Foundation said Tuesday that it will award scholarships to about 1,700 university students this year. They will include some 80 students of the newly created SOS Scholarship scheme, which will ...
Updated : 2013.01.08 19:38
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Lee Ho-taeg and Cho Myung-sook, an activist couple, went on their honeymoon to China in 1997, with a secret mission to bring 13 North Korean defectors to the South. They fled thousands of kilometers...
Updated : 2013.01.08 19:38
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Lee In-won (left), vice chairman of Lotte Group policy headquarters, poses for a photo with Lee Dong-kurn, chairman of the Community Chest of Korea, after donating 5 billion won to the charitable fun...
Updated : 2012.12.26 19:21
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Soldiers of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, relay briquettes to homes in a nearby village on Wednesday. About 70 soldiers raised 5 million won to give 10,000 briquet...
Updated : 2012.12.26 19:20
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Born to a impoverished family, Hong Ui-hyun gave up on studies after graduating from middle school. He happened to work at a musical instrument factory and soon fell in love with the elegant lines an...
Updated : 2012.12.26 19:18
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Hana Bank employees pose with local residents in Nam Phu, Vietnam, during an event for planting trees under its commitment to fulfilling a corporate social role in March 2012. (Hana Financial Group) ...
Updated : 2012.12.19 20:58
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GS Group donated 4 billion won ($3.7 million) to the Community Chest of Korea on Tuesday to help neighbors in need. Separately from group-wide cash donations, its subsidiaries operate different char...
Updated : 2012.12.19 20:57
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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 ...
Updated : 2012.12.19 20:56
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Children in the Ivory Coast play with wood blocks given by the Korean Committee of UNICEF in 2012. (The Korean Committee of UNICEF) Song Sang-hyun In 2012 Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga wa...
Updated : 2012.12.19 20:56
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Park Sung-soo 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 Provin...
Updated : 2012.12.12 20:11
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Knitting has been one of Sohn Sung-ja’s favorite pastimes during winter, but this year, she has found another reason to pick up the needles ― to save lives. “I am knitting bonnets for babies in A...
Updated : 2012.12.12 20:11
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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 disa...
Updated : 2012.12.05 20:07
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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 o...
Updated : 2012.12.05 20:06
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At a Sinseon Seolnongtang restaurant, some customers order a bowl of rice with 30 percent less than the usual amount. The saved rice is then donated to help feed starving children in Africa. It is o...
Updated : 2012.12.05 20:06
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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 developm...
Updated : 2012.11.28 20:04
