All Financial Sectors Including Authorities, Banks, and Insurance Practice Sharing Love Ahead of Lunar New Year

Heads of Financial Institutions Personally Serve Tteokguk
Purchase Traditional Market Goods to Support Underprivileged Groups

Eun Sung-soo, Chairman of the Financial Services Commission (fifth from the left in the front row), and Lee Gye-moon, President of the Korea Inclusive Finance Agency (third from the left in the front row), are delivering consolation money and taking a commemorative photo at the Seoul Senior Welfare Center on the 20th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kangwook Cho] Authorities and financial institutions are practicing volunteer activities to share love ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Leaders personally participated in serving rice cake soup for the underprivileged, and also spent warm moments sharing kindness by delivering goods purchased at traditional markets to neighbors in need.

Eun Sung-soo, Chairman of the Financial Services Commission (from the left), Lee Gye-moon, President of the Korea Inclusive Finance Agency, and other volunteers are serving meals on the 20th.

According to the financial sector on the 24th, the Financial Services Commission conducted a meal service volunteer activity and donated sponsorship funds on the 20th at the Seoul Senior Welfare Center in Jongno-gu to provide a warm meal to the elderly for the Lunar New Year holiday. The event was attended by 30 employees of the Financial Services Commission, including Chairman Eun Sung-soo, and 10 executives and staff from the Korea Inclusive Finance Agency and the Credit Counseling & Recovery Service.

Chairman Eun said, "With the motto of finance for all citizens, we plan to actively improve financial difficulties faced by the underprivileged and vulnerable groups."

From the left in the photo: Yoo Won-sik, Chairman of Korea Food for the Hungry International; Hur Yin, CEO of KB Kookmin Bank; Yoon Seok-heon, Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service; Kim Hye-eun, Public Relations Ambassador of Korea Food for the Hungry International; Kim Jin-chul, President of Mangwon Market Merchants Association.

The Financial Supervisory Service and KB Kookmin Bank held a 'Traditional Market Love Sharing' event on the 20th at Mangwon Market in Mapo-gu, Seoul, to revitalize traditional markets and share love with neighbors in need. At Mangwon Market, Financial Supervisory Service Governor Yoon Seok-heon, KB Kookmin Bank President Heo In, Chairman Yoo Won-sik of Korea Food for the Hungry International, and Ambassador Kim Hye-eun visited and spent meaningful time selecting gifts to be delivered to neighbors in need. KB Kookmin Bank and the Financial Supervisory Service decided to purchase food and daily necessities worth about 60,000 KRW per household at traditional markets nationwide and deliver them to about 4,500 needy households.

The Traditional Market Love Sharing event is held twice a year during the Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays, purchasing goods at traditional markets with Onnuri gift certificates to invigorate the markets and delivering the purchased goods to neighbors in need to share warm love. KB Kookmin Bank has delivered daily necessities to a total of about 69,500 households through the Traditional Market Love Sharing event since it began in 2011.

Governor Yoon of the Financial Supervisory Service said, "It is very meaningful to purchase high-quality products from traditional markets and deliver them to social welfare organizations ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday." President Heo of KB Kookmin Bank responded, "I hope the 'Traditional Market Love Sharing' event, now in its 10th year, will serve as a catalyst for revitalizing traditional markets and be conveyed as warm comfort to neighbors in need."

Woori Financial Group held a 'Woori Hope Box' delivery ceremony on the 20th at the Woori Bank headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, to help socially marginalized neighbors in the community enjoy a bountiful Lunar New Year holiday. Sohn Tae-seung (right), Chairman of Woori Financial Group, is taking a commemorative photo with Kim Hyun-mi, Director of the Comprehensive Support Center for the Elderly Living Alone.

Woori Financial Group held a 'Woori Hope Box' delivery ceremony on the 20th at the Woori Bank headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, to help socially marginalized neighbors have a rich Lunar New Year holiday. Woori Financial Group has been continuing sharing events every year before holidays for neighbors in need.

At the delivery ceremony, Woori Financial Group Chairman Son Tae-seung and Kim Hyun-mi, Director of the Comprehensive Support Center for the Elderly Living Alone, made 3,000 Hope Boxes together with about 300 new employees of Woori Financial Group in 2020. The Woori Hope Box consists of a total of 15 daily necessities, including food for elderly people living alone during the holidays. Employees of 34 Woori Bank branches personally visited senior welfare facilities nationwide under the Comprehensive Support Center for the Elderly Living Alone to deliver the Woori Hope Boxes.

Son Tae-seung, Chairman of Woori Financial Group and CEO of Woori Bank, said, "I hope marginalized neighbors can spend a rich and warm holiday. Woori Financial Group will continue to fulfill its social responsibilities and strive to be loved and trusted by customers."

NH Nonghyup Financial Group Chairman Kim Kwang-soo and employees visited the Navy 2nd Fleet in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, on the 21st to have lunch with the crew of the Gyeonggi ship and deliver consolation goods. Nonghyup Financial Group visits military units every year before the Lunar New Year holiday.

Chairman Kim said, "I appreciate the hard work of the navy soldiers who quietly protect the maritime territory away from their families even during the holidays. I hope this visit brings some comfort to the soldiers who dedicate themselves to protecting the country and the people in the cold weather," encouraging the soldiers.

Also, on the 22nd, NH Nonghyup Bank's Executive Vice President Park Tae-seon of HR, Business Support, and Trust Division and employees visited Eunpyeong District Office to deliver 'Rice Cake Soup Rice Filled with Love' for neighbors in need. Nonghyup Bank delivered rice cake soup rice for 200 households prepared with voluntary donations from its employees, which will be delivered to the Eunpyeong Food Bank Market operated by the Eunpyeong Social Welfare Center to be used for neighbors in need.

Visiting Bank of Korea Exim Bank President Bang Won-kyu and about 20 members of the 'KEXIM Hope Seed Sharing Volunteer Group' conducted meal service volunteer activities on the 21st at the free meal center 'Warm Filling Place' near Seoul Station. Since 2012, KEXIM has been sponsoring meal ingredient costs for 'Warm Filling Place' to provide free meals for vulnerable groups.

President Bang said, "It was a time to share warm affection with the homeless through heartfelt food for the Lunar New Year. We will continue volunteer activities so that marginalized neighbors can gain strength to start anew."

The KDB Volunteer Group of the Korea Development Bank served warm rice cake soup with wishes for health to about 350 elderly users of welfare centers on the 22nd and delivered daily necessities such as rice and seaweed to about 350 underprivileged households in the district. Since 2006, Korea Development Bank has been engaged in various social contribution activities, including regular volunteer work and sponsorship for elderly users of the Yeongdeungpo Senior Welfare Center and underprivileged elderly in Yeongdeungpo-gu. In addition, sponsorship funds for Lunar New Year love sharing were delivered to 10 affiliated welfare facilities where monthly volunteer activities have been conducted since 1996.

DGB Daegu Bank IT Headquarters delivered gift boxes to underprivileged local residents through Dongchon Comprehensive Social Welfare Center in 2020 on the 22nd. The DGB Daegu Bank IT Headquarters has been continuously conducting sharing volunteer activities in the Bongmu-dong area where the DGB Innovation Center is located.

The DGB Daegu Bank IT Headquarters Volunteer Group, formed in 2004, consists of about 130 employees who conduct regular volunteer activities more than twice a month (such as delivering lunch boxes to elderly living alone and supporting activities for children with disabilities). They conduct volunteer activities for local residents who are easily marginalized during the year-end and New Year holidays. Last year-end, they delivered a 'Love Donation Box' and carried out warm love sharing for the New Year holiday.

The Korea Federation of Savings Banks sponsored goods and conducted meal service volunteer activities on the 21st at Ahyeon Senior Welfare Center in Mapo-gu, Seoul. The meal service volunteer activity was attended by Executive Director Ha Eun-soo of the Federation and employees, as well as Kim Jong-oh, head of Gongdeok-dong. They served rice cake soup to local elderly residents.

The Federation shares warm kindness every year for marginalized neighbors in the local community. In July last year, it donated about 8 tons of onions with the savings bank industry, and in December of the same year, it formed partnerships with Mapo Senior Welfare Center and Comprehensive Welfare Center for the Disabled in Seoul to conduct meal service and lunch box delivery volunteer activities for elderly residents with mobility difficulties. It also donated funds for wildfire victims in Gangwon Province and scholarships to sister schools under the One Company-One School program.

The insurance industry is also busy with acts of sharing.

NH Nonghyup Life Insurance delivered gifts on the 21st to the Seoul Blind Welfare Center located in Songpa-gu, Seoul. CEO Hong Jae-eun and 15 employees of Nonghyup Life Insurance participated and delivered gift packages containing holiday foods such as glutinous rice, rice cake soup rice, beef bone soup, apples, and pears to 200 visually impaired people. These foods were purchased from Dojeon Village in Yeoju City, Gyeonggi Province, which has a partnership called 'Another Village.'

Employees of Nonghyup Life Insurance also conducted braille book input volunteer activities for the visually impaired. The braille book input volunteer activity started in May 2014 and has been conducted once a month, with a total of about 420 participants in this long-standing volunteer program.

CEO Hong said, "It was a truly meaningful occasion to practice sharing with good rural food. We will do our best to communicate with marginalized neighbors through continuous activities."

MG Non-Life Insurance conducted a 'Lunar New Year Love Sharing Volunteer Activity' on the 22nd at the Northern Comprehensive Welfare Center for the Disabled located in Nowon-gu, Seoul. The MG Non-Life Insurance Joy Volunteer Group served various Lunar New Year foods such as rice cake soup, jeon (Korean pancakes), and fruits to about 300 disabled people and their families visiting the welfare center and spent time communicating while assisting with meals. The Joy Volunteer Group, formed in 2014, consists mainly of nationwide employees and sales families and carries out various social contribution activities in the local community.

After the meal service, the volunteer group continued with cleaning the welfare center and wheelchair safety inspections to prevent accidents on the way home. They inspected electric wheelchairs and electric scooters with professional technicians for people with developmental disabilities belonging to the welfare center and conducted disassembly and cleaning work.

NH Nonghyup Non-Life Insurance CEO Choi Chang-soo and the Heairim Volunteer Group visited the Seodaemun Senior Welfare Center in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, on the 23rd to carry out 'Lunar New Year Love Rice Cake Soup Sharing' volunteer activities.

On that day, CEO Choi and about 20 members of the Heairim Volunteer Group served rice cake soup to about 500 neighbors in need living in Seodaemun-gu at the welfare center cafeteria and personally delivered rice cake soup rice and mixed grain sets to about 70 households with mobility difficulties.

CEO Choi said, "It was a meaningful time sharing meals and exchanging good wishes with the elderly ahead of the holiday. We will continue to fulfill our social responsibilities through steady sharing activities this year as well."

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