KT&G Hosts Year-End Kimchi Sharing Event for Vulnerable Groups

KT&G employees and executives are conducting the 'Year-end Kimchi Sharing' event on the 17th at Sangsang Planet in Seongdong-gu, Seoul.

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] KT&G announced on the 18th that it held a ‘Year-end Kimchi Sharing Event’ to support vulnerable groups in the Seongdong-gu area of Seoul, where its youth startup support facility ‘Sangsang Planet’ is located, to help them have a warm winter.

The event, held on the 17th at the auditorium of the Seongdong-gu Youth Support Center, was attended by Lee Sang-hak, Head of KT&G’s Sustainability Management Division (Vice President), Nam Kang-woo, Director of the Welfare Bureau of Seongdong-gu Office, as well as KT&G employees, resident companies of Sangsang Planet, Seongdong-gu Youth Support Center, and volunteers from Seongdong Peace House, totaling about 30 people.

The 900 kg of kimchi, made directly by the volunteers that day, will be delivered to about 300 households, including single-person youth households who find it difficult to prepare kimchi on their own.

A KT&G official said, “We delivered kimchi to vulnerable groups to spread a culture of sharing in preparation for the upcoming winter season,” adding, “We will continue to actively support efforts to spread warmth throughout local communities and create a warm society.”

Meanwhile, KT&G is strengthening its foundation for youth startup support to nurture future generations. In 2017, it introduced the ‘Sangsang Startup Camp’ to discover and nurture young people aspiring to start social innovation startups, and in July last year, it opened ‘Sangsang Planet,’ a youth startup exclusive space in Seongsu-dong Social Venture Valley with 128 designated seats and 24 independent offices.

KT&G Sangsang Planet currently boasts an occupancy rate of over 90%, establishing itself as a representative youth startup hub in Seoul. Resident companies are expanding their businesses and conducting additional hiring, thereby building a virtuous cycle model of the startup ecosystem.

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