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Fri, 03/18/2011 - 10:08
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More S. Korean firms donate money for Japan
SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- More South Korean companies and business organizations on Friday joined a nationwide campaign to donate money or send emergency relief supplies for earthquake-hit Japan.
A number of South Korean businesses have already donated large sums of money to Japan's Red Cross Society for thousands of people who were displaced after a 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami swept away their homes last Friday.
Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said it donated 20 million Japanese yen (US$244,500) while South Korean energy and construction giant GS Group gave 50 million yen ($611,200) to the Japanese Red Cross.
Hanjin Group, the parent group of the country's flagship carrier Korean Air, said it has donated 700 million won ($621,000) to the Korea National Red Cross for people in Japan, in addition to 60,000 bottles of spring water and 2,000 blankets having been delivered to Japan by the airline company since Thursday.
The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) also began delivering relief supplies Friday to people in Fukushima Prefecture, one of the areas most severely hit by the quake that is believed to have killed at least thousands of people, it said.
The state-run organization earlier set up "help desks" at its Korean Business Centers in major Japanese cities, including Tokyo and Osaka, primarily to assist Japanese companies, but also to help identify and secure supplies needed by people in the quake-hit areas.
KOTRA's aid for Fukushima consisted of some 15,000 sets of work gloves and 5,600 diapers, it said.
"Various emergency aids are pouring in from many countries, but they often lack items or supplies most needed," Shin Hwan-seop, head of the Korea Business Center in Tokyo, was quoted as saying.
South Korean businesses and organizations are also expressing emotional support for their Japanese counterparts.
Huh Chang-soo, chairman of GS Group and also the head of South Korea's largest business lobby, the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), offered condolences and support to Japan's business leaders.
"I am confident Japan will soon recover from this disaster with the strength of its people," Huh said in a letter to Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations, or Keidanren, according to the FKI.
bdk@yna.co.kr
A number of South Korean businesses have already donated large sums of money to Japan's Red Cross Society for thousands of people who were displaced after a 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami swept away their homes last Friday.
Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said it donated 20 million Japanese yen (US$244,500) while South Korean energy and construction giant GS Group gave 50 million yen ($611,200) to the Japanese Red Cross.
Hanjin Group, the parent group of the country's flagship carrier Korean Air, said it has donated 700 million won ($621,000) to the Korea National Red Cross for people in Japan, in addition to 60,000 bottles of spring water and 2,000 blankets having been delivered to Japan by the airline company since Thursday.
The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) also began delivering relief supplies Friday to people in Fukushima Prefecture, one of the areas most severely hit by the quake that is believed to have killed at least thousands of people, it said.
The state-run organization earlier set up "help desks" at its Korean Business Centers in major Japanese cities, including Tokyo and Osaka, primarily to assist Japanese companies, but also to help identify and secure supplies needed by people in the quake-hit areas.
KOTRA's aid for Fukushima consisted of some 15,000 sets of work gloves and 5,600 diapers, it said.
"Various emergency aids are pouring in from many countries, but they often lack items or supplies most needed," Shin Hwan-seop, head of the Korea Business Center in Tokyo, was quoted as saying.
South Korean businesses and organizations are also expressing emotional support for their Japanese counterparts.
Huh Chang-soo, chairman of GS Group and also the head of South Korea's largest business lobby, the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), offered condolences and support to Japan's business leaders.
"I am confident Japan will soon recover from this disaster with the strength of its people," Huh said in a letter to Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations, or Keidanren, according to the FKI.
bdk@yna.co.kr
