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All posts tagged "charity"

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  John Cho chooses K-town Youth CC as recipient for ‘Star Trek’ fundraiser

  With the latest “Star Trek” sequel coming out, Paramount Pictures is offering a chance for fans to be a part of the film through an online fundraiser. Each of the actors were given a charity of choice...

  • Posted July 16, 2015
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  Saudi prince vows to donate $32 billion fortune

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world’s richest people, announced Wednesday that he will donate all of his wealth of $32 billion to charity over the coming...

  • Posted July 2, 2015
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  Wilshire Bank feeds 1,100 in latest charity effort with Cha In-pyo

  By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff In Wilshire Bank’s latest charity effort, company executives and employees volunteered to help feed over a thousand homeless individuals in downtown Los Angeles last week. Among them were Chairman Steven...

  • Posted June 30, 2015
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  Burberry launches fund for underprivileged children in S. Korea

  By Park Si-soo British fashion brand Burberry has joined with Korean charity Beautiful Foundation to help underprivileged children here, the two organizations announced Wednesday. Burberry donated 200 million won (about $184,000) to the charity, which will use...

  • Posted May 6, 2015
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  IU gives $92K to fund for Children’s Day

  In celebration of Children’s Day in South Korea, K-pop singer IU has donated about $92,000 (100 million won) to low-income children, Yonhap reported. According to agency LOEN Entertainment, the 21-year-old gave to ChildFund Korea under her name Monday....

  • Posted May 5, 2015
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  Chicago volunteer group donates toward education for orphaned N. Korean refugees

  A group of students at Michigan’s Washtenaw International High School gathered to hold an event April 17 to help orphaned North Korean defectors. Hanmaeum, a volunteer organization from Chicago, donated about $3,000 toward the effort at the...

  • Posted April 24, 2015
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  Paralyzed veteran donates to DC Korean scholarship foundation

  By The Korea Times Washington D.C. staff In 1993, Tony Choe faced death after being shot in the back during a robbery involving his family’s Washington, D.C., liquor store and three robbers. Doctors said he had a...

  • Posted April 16, 2015
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