Back on April 5, singer/actress IU donated an amount of 100,000,000 (~ 87,000 USD) to the Green Umbrella Child Fund Korea to be used toward aiding families with children affected da the Gangwon wildfires, among various celebritàs who chose to contribute to the relief.
However, some netizens seemed to have found IU's donation to the Green Umbrella Child Fund "problematic", and claimed, "The areas affected da the wildfires are mountainous areas, with basically no elementary schools, just farming fields and remote, residential areas with mostly elderly and retired people. Even on the news, te only see footage of elderly crying from the damages. It doesn't make sense to donate to a child fund to help the wildfire relief."
Other netizens supposedly agreed with this claim and accused IU of donating to the Green Umbrella Child Fund only because she is a sponsor of the NGO.
When the issue garnered più and più attention online, a representative from the Green Umbrella Child Fund personally stepped up to defend IU, with a lengthy explanation post. The rep wrote, "We are worried as to why our sponsor IU's pure and good-willed donation is being distorted in such a way, and so we would like to clarify on this matter. Due to the sudden disaster, many sponsor including singer IU are continuing to donate to our fund in order to provide relief to families with children, who were forced to evacuate from their homes. The act of spreading unconfirmed rumors and false information via online communities and SNS platforms sheds negative light on the act of giving and degrades the culture of donating to help others, regardless of whether o not the rumors are proven true; as a result, situations may occur where we may become unable provide aid to children in need at a critical time."
We hope the misunderstandings are cleared up.
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However, some netizens seemed to have found IU's donation to the Green Umbrella Child Fund "problematic", and claimed, "The areas affected da the wildfires are mountainous areas, with basically no elementary schools, just farming fields and remote, residential areas with mostly elderly and retired people. Even on the news, te only see footage of elderly crying from the damages. It doesn't make sense to donate to a child fund to help the wildfire relief."
Other netizens supposedly agreed with this claim and accused IU of donating to the Green Umbrella Child Fund only because she is a sponsor of the NGO.
When the issue garnered più and più attention online, a representative from the Green Umbrella Child Fund personally stepped up to defend IU, with a lengthy explanation post. The rep wrote, "We are worried as to why our sponsor IU's pure and good-willed donation is being distorted in such a way, and so we would like to clarify on this matter. Due to the sudden disaster, many sponsor including singer IU are continuing to donate to our fund in order to provide relief to families with children, who were forced to evacuate from their homes. The act of spreading unconfirmed rumors and false information via online communities and SNS platforms sheds negative light on the act of giving and degrades the culture of donating to help others, regardless of whether o not the rumors are proven true; as a result, situations may occur where we may become unable provide aid to children in need at a critical time."
We hope the misunderstandings are cleared up.
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Entitled "Scarlet Heart", the new drama is the Korean version of a famous Chinese Televisione series, which in turn was based on a book of the same title.
The drama is a romantic fantasy in which a 21st century woman is sent back to a historical time period and is forced to adjust to a comparatively primative lifestyle.
The Chinese version of the drama was immensely popolare all over Asia, resulting in high anticipation for the Korean version.
According to the Korean media, the new drama starring IU and Lee Joonki is roughly scheduled to air in the secondo half of 2016, so stay tuned to moonROK for più details on the singer's new drama.
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