KOTRA Delivers 5,354 Briquettes to Neighbors

Donation Made with Year-End Charity Event Funds

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] KOTRA announced on the 20th that it participated in briquette carrying volunteer work on the 18th together with the Sanggye-dong Community Center in Nowon-gu, Seoul, and the Seoul Briquette Bank.

It explained that about 350 employees participated in a one-day hof event last December to raise an in-house charity fund. Approximately 3.96 million KRW was collected at the one-day hof. With the fund, 5,354 briquettes were purchased. About 20 KOTRA employees directly delivered the briquettes to families in need.

Kim Yuntae, Vice President of KOTRA, said, "Recently, energy prices have risen, causing significant hardship for low-income households," adding, "Although it is a small donation, I hope the warmth will be conveyed."

KOTRA volunteering to carry briquettes together with the Sanggye-dong Community Center in Nowon-gu, Seoul, and the Seoul Briquette Bank on the 18th.
[Photo by KOTRA]

KOTRA has held the one-day hof charity event annually since 2008. It was temporarily suspended due to COVID-19 but resumed at the end of last year after three years.

At that time, domestic craft beer company A donated beer. Cafe B, located in Invest Korea Plaza, a facility dedicated to foreign investors at KOTRA, also donated blended tea.

The CEO of company A participated in the first KOTRA Global Employment and Startup Fair in 2013. At that time, they were a high school student entrepreneur. Ten years later, they grew company A into a craft beer producer with annual sales in the 10 billion KRW range.

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