KOTRA Donates 50,000 Masks Sent from China to Vulnerable Groups in Korea

[Asia Economy Reporter Suyeon Woo] KOTRA will donate 50,000 disposable masks and 2,000 N95 masks to support vulnerable groups such as the elderly who are having difficulty securing masks.

On the 15th, KOTRA announced that it decided to re-donate 52,000 masks delivered from the Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce in China through the KOTRA Qingdao Trade Center to its headquarters for vulnerable groups in Korea, including the elderly and field workers.

The masks will be distributed through the Independence Hall, a legally authorized donation organization, with 15,000 masks to the Seocho Elderly Happiness e-Eum Center in Seoul, 17,500 masks to 35 related agencies of national memorial facilities, 17,500 masks to 35 elderly welfare facilities in Cheonan City, and 2,000 masks to descendants of independence activists.

Kwon Pyung-oh, President of KOTRA, expressed gratitude to the Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce in China for sending the masks and said, "We hope this will be of some help to marginalized groups in Korea, such as the elderly and field workers."

At the mask donation ceremony held on the 14th in the lobby of KOTRA headquarters in Yeomgok-dong, Seoul, Kim Jongchun, Vice President of KOTRA (left), is taking a commemorative photo with Ha Baekseon, Director of the Seocho Senior Happiness e-Eum Center in Seoul. Photo by KOTRA

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