"Free for Bereaved Families and Volunteers"… Acts of Sharing Continue Across Muan Area

'Advance Payment Condolences' Continue to Comfort Bereaved Families
Relief Organizations and Companies Also Step Up to Support Families

In the wake of the Muan Airport Jeju Air disaster, a wave of 'prepaid condolences' is spreading across restaurants and coffee shops in Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, to comfort the bereaved families of the deceased. On the 30th, Yonhap News reported that prepaid orders are continuing at cafes and restaurants near Muan International Airport in Jeollanam-do. According to the report, a total of about 2 million won in prepaid orders have been received, providing free kimchi stew and other meals to the bereaved families and volunteers.

On the 31st, a prepaid notice was posted inside a coffee shop at Muan International Airport in Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do. Photo by Yonhap News

Choi Mina (40), who runs a restaurant inside the unmanned airport, told Yonhap News, "Since the day after the accident, about 20 calls inquiring about prepaid orders have come in, with amounts ranging from 100,000 won to 1.2 million won, requesting to provide warm meals to those on site." Choi added, "Fearing a surge of customers after hearing about the prepaid orders, I prepared cup noodles separately and gathered local volunteers to help with serving." Additionally, Chef Ahn Yuseong, who became famous after appearing on the Netflix cooking competition show 'Black and White Chef,' personally visited Muan Airport and distributed 200 servings of homemade gimbap to the bereaved families.

Moreover, a coffee shop on the second floor of the airport, which received prepaid orders for 200 cups of coffee, saw continuous visits from bereaved families and volunteers. The cafe owner said, "Someone prepaid for 100 Americanos and 100 caf? lattes so that the bereaved families and volunteers could enjoy them," adding, "We do not know who made the payment." Volunteers also shared snacks in the airport lounge. Citizens, organizations, and companies set up booths throughout the airport to support the bereaved families of the disaster. Volunteers visited shelters to personally distribute snacks to grieving families.

On the afternoon of the 29th, when a Jeju Air passenger plane accident occurred, a shelter was set up at Muan International Airport in Jeonnam for the bereaved families. Photo by Jang Jin-hyeong

In addition to prepaid orders from anonymous citizens, support from relief organizations has continued. The Gwangju-Jeonnam branch of the Korean Red Cross set up a temporary booth on the first floor of Muan International Airport from the morning of the 30th, providing bottled water, blankets, and cold-weather supplies to families. Volunteers from the Jeonnam Volunteer Center prepared and served food such as rice cake soup, and volunteer firefighters from the Muan Fire Station are delivering boxes containing bread, water, and ramen to workers on site.

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