IKEA DongBusan celebrates its first anniversary with the local community and customers

fEBRUARY 14, 2021

IKEA DongBusan celebrated its first anniversary by making donations and hosting in-store events to thank its customers and neighbours in the local community. With the aim to make IKEA more accessible to the many people living in Busan and Gyeongnam, IKEA DongBusan opened in Gijang-gun, Busan on February 13, 2020. To celebrate this special anniversary with local community, IKEA DongBusan saved KRW 1,000 for every receipt issued at the store on February 13 and donated to the ‘Busan Single Parent Family Centre’. During the Swedish Meatball Week from February 7 to 14, it also donated accumulated meatballs purchased by the customers to the venerable groups in the local community. In addition, IKEA DongBusan also recently completed a makeover at the Gijang Welfare Centre for the Elderly. The lobby and the consultation room has been turned into a more comfortable and happier space, enabling more people to visit and enjoy the facility. Krys Lee, Market Manager of IKEA DongBusan, said, "We look forward to continuing our journey to create a better everyday life for the many people in the Busan and Gyeongnam area."

february 5, 2021

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (“BKL”) and its pro bono partner Dongcheon Foundation (“Dongcheon”) held the 10th Contest on Proposals for Public Interest/Human Rights Activity Program on February 5, 2021. The contest aimed to encourage law school students to participate in human rights work and to develop new pro bono programs. Four teams presented their proposals for new pro bono programs after being mentored by BKL attorneys and civil society activists.

Since 2010, Dongcheon and BKL have supported a total of 50 teams of law school students for their public interest projects. Together, BKL and Dongcheon will continue to develop meaningful pro bono programs and conduct various work to train pro bono lawyers for the betterment of the society.

Shin & Kim, LLC Gives out Free Lunchboxes to Low-income Seniors

February 18, 2021

Shin & Kim, LLC has provided free meal service for low-income elderly people on the third Thursday of every month from October 2020 and is supporting meal expenses. It has become difficult to operate a free meal center due to the corona virus outbreak, but in order to keep providing meals to many low-income seniors, who have no other meals available than the one provided at the free meal center, we are replacing the meal service with a lunch box sharing event. Shin & Kim, LLC visited the free meal center on Thursday, February 18, 2021. From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Shin & Kim, LLC made lunchboxes, packed lunches, and from 11 a.m., went to the streets and delivered lunches to 200 elderly people.

Robert Walters Korea Donated School Supplies and Daily Necessities to Support Underprivileged Students at Aram Youth Centre

Qualcomm, Smart City Association, and Hwaseong City Deploy Smart Cities Solution to Promote Public Safety

january 18, 2021

Qualcomm Korea YH announced that The Smart City Safety Net Program was launched in Hwaseong City. Through the Program, led by Qualcomm Incorporated as part of the Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative, Smart City Association and Hwaseong City, plans to collaborate on a Smart Cities solution to promote public safety.

Hwaseong City uses Qualcomm-enabled wearable devices, so when children, dementia patients, and child case managers are in an emergency, they can immediately alert the police or registered guardians and local CCTV centers through the push of an emergency button. This program will expand to additional municipalities to enhance their public safety measures.

“Mobile technology has an important role in helping address society’s biggest challenges,” says Julie Welch, Vice President, Government Affairs Asia Pacific, QUALCOMM Inc. “We are excited about the Qualcomm Wireless Reach collaboration with Smart City Association and Hwaseong City to establish a holistic government emergency response system to make communities safer.”

Porsche Korea Donates 200MKRW to the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC) to Support Performing Artists in the Midst of the Pandemic

February 16, 2021

Porsche Korea has successfully donated 200MKRW to the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC) and signed a partnership agreement, initiating the launch of a new CSR program: “Porsche Do Dream Fill the Space." On February 16, Holger Gerrmann, the Representative Director/CEO of Porsche Korea, and Jonghwi Kim, the CEO of SFAC, attended the launching ceremony where they both spoke to each organization's commitment to bettering society and helping those most in need, including Korean artists who are struggling to make ends meet due to COVID-19.

Porsche Korea’s “Do Dream Fill the Space” is a new CSR sub-program under the overarching “Do Dream” project, which has been strategized to focus particularly on culture in Korean society. “Do Dream Fill the Space” is an initiative that supports performance artists by purchasing tickets for empty seats at performances that are experiencing low turn-out due to social distancing regulations mandated by the government. The total amount of donations will benefit around 37 performing teams and these teams will be selected once they've passed the application and review stage of the process. As a new CSR project, one of its most impressive facets is that its impact is not just limited to performing artists who are seriously affected by COVID-19. To the general public, the project also highlights the importance of art and culture--and the crucial role that they play in our daily lives.

Holger Gerrmann, the CEO of Porsche Korea, remarked that “artists are one of the main cultural cornerstones in our society who keep it vibrant and encourage creativity. We hope to make consistent contributions that will help keep their dreams alive.” Other than the “Porsche Do Dream Fill the Space” program, Porsche Korea will continue to expand into even more exciting CSR programs that engage with society all the more, finding new and exciting ways to advocate and promote awareness of social and environmental issues.