South Korea's Nation MC Yoo Jae Suk and his annual donation to elderly ‘comfort charity’

By Lord Justin Castillo - 15 Apr '16 06:54AM
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Being known not only as the South Korea's nation MC, Yoo Jae Suk is also considered to be a respectable generous man.

Yoo Jae Suk continuously warms every heart by doing good deeds. The nation's MC gave 50 million KRW ( about 43,000 USD) to the 'House of Sharing'. It was revealed upon the updated post of the homepage of Gwangju's 'House of Sharing' on April 14 regarding the donation Yoo Jae Suk offered. He had given 30 million KRW (approximately $26,000) toward the construction of the building, 'Human Rights Center for the Comfort Women Victims of Japanese Soldiers,' and for another 20 million KRW that's about $17,000 toward the welfare of the comfort women themselves for a total of 50 million KRW, according to allkpop.

One of the managers of the said charity, An Shin Kwon, expressed his heartfelt thanksgiving for Yoo Jae Suk's donation to the charity and for not forgetting the comfort women despite his hectic schedule. Stating, "Up to now, Yoo Jae Suk has donated a total of 110 million KRW (~ 95,000 USD). He must be busy with his broadcasting activities, but he does not forget to put the elderly comfort women victims first, so we are grateful toward Yoo Jae Suk."

This is not the first time Yoo Jae Suk donated to a charity; in fact, he started his generous deeds last 2014 and continuously donated to a series of organizations and charity.

On March 9, Table Community Welfare Foundation x Coal Briquette Bank announced that the respectable host Yoo Jae Suk even paid for 100,000 coal briquettes worth up to 50 million KRW (approximately $42,000), said allkpop.

Without doubt, Yoo Jae Suk really values the essence of generosity by returning it to his community.

He is best known for being an MC and comedian in various television programs e.g. Infinite Challenge, Happy Together and Running Man.

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