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JYP Entertainment hosts EDM DAY event highlighting social impact initiatives

JYP Entertainment reviewed a year of its social-impact work at its annual “EDM DAY” event, underscoring how the company and its artists have expanded medical support, environmental projects and giving to the community.

2025-12-16

Unification Church leaders charged with financing PPP candidates, but donations to DP excluded from probe

Prosecutors have charged senior Unification Church officials with illegally funneling church money to the then-ruling PPP in 2022. But they declined to bring similar charges over donations made through the same channels to DP politicians.

2025-12-02

K-pop artists donate toward Hong Kong fire recovery efforts

K-pop acts including aespa, Riize and i-dle have made donations toward rescue and recovery for a massive fire that devastated Hong Kong on Thursday.

2025-11-28

Teenage NewJeans fan transferred to juvenile court after illegally fundraising on group's behalf

A teenage fan who led an unapproved fundraiser to take legal action against online defamation of the K-pop girl group NewJeans has been referred to a juvenile court, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

2025-10-29

Uzbek national arrested for allegedly financing terrorist groups

The counterterrorism division of the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency announced that it had arrested a 29-year-old Uzbek national on charges of violating the Anti-Terrorism Act, the Act on Prohibition of Financing Terrorism and more.

2025-10-27

Singer Lim Young-woong donates 200 million won to flood recovery efforts

Celebrities continued to donate toward damage recovery efforts after massive floods swept the country, with singer Lim Young-woong donating 200 million won ($143,710) and comedian Hong Hyun-hee donating 20 million won.

2025-07-21

DP frontrunner Lee Jae-myung hits legal limit on fund-raising on first day

Democratic Party (DP) presidential contender Lee Jae-myung reached the legal fund-raising limit of 2.94 billion won ($2.06 million) just one day after opening his campaign for donations.

2025-04-16

Korea's wildfire relief donations climb to 110 billion won, breaks record from 2022

Donations for the recent wildfires that claimed more than 30 lives in the country's southeastern regions have surpassed 110 billion won ($75 million), authorities said Monday.

2025-04-08

Donations by major Korean companies increase 4.2% in January-September period

Donations by Korea's major companies inched up 4.2 percent in the January-September period from a year earlier, a corporate data tracker said Sunday.

2024-11-17

Actors Park Bo-young, Kim Go-eun celebrate Children's Day with donations

A slew of local celebrities, including actors Park Bo-young and Kim Go-eun, are celebrating this year's Children's Day with donations.

2024-05-03