Busan Port Authority Executive Donates 17 Million Won Saved by Splitting Monthly Salary

Donation to Local Community to Overcome COVID-19 at Year-End
Second Act of Kindness Following Remote Learning Tool Donation in April

Busan Port Authority.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Executives of Busan Port Authority (BPA, President Nam Ki-chan) donated money saved by splitting their salaries to help neighbors in need.

The authority announced on the 17th that its executives voluntarily returned part of their wages to help the local community at the end of the year in overcoming COVID-19.

The donation money was collected since March when the spread of COVID-19 rapidly increased, as BPA executives including President Nam Ki-chan returned part of their wages to share the burden.

Part of this money was used once in April to provide learning smart devices to vulnerable students near Busan New Port who had difficulty participating in remote classes due to lack of learning tools despite the online school opening.

This donation is the second initiative following April to help the local community enduring a difficult winter due to COVID-19, with 17.2 million KRW delivered to Jung-gu Office in Busan, where BPA headquarters is located. It is scheduled to be distributed to 172 low-income households including basic livelihood security recipients and near-poverty class families.

President Nam Ki-chan said, “I hope this can be of some help to the local community going through a more difficult time than ever, and as a local public institution, we will devote our efforts to overcoming COVID-19 together with the community.”

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