Korea’s Biggest Celebrities Donate Over 3 Billion KRW To Help Fight Korea’s Deadliest Wildfires In History

Dozens of Korea’s most well-known celebrities are joining in the efforts to help emergency services and rescue workers’ attempts to control the deadliest and worst ever wildfires in the nation’s history.

South Korea’s eastern countryside is currently experiencing the worst wildfires in the history of the nation, with the death toll currently at 26 and overv 36,000 hectares burned. 37,185 residents and counting have been forced to evacuate their homes while historical venues and buildings burn to ashes.

| Korea Herald

This includes the historical Gounsa Temple, which was built in 681 A.D.

Before and after of the Gounsa Temple.

While the government has declared they will do everything in their power to both extinguish the fires and care for the local residents, many of whom are elderly, strong winds are hindering their efforts to calm the blaze.

In response, many of Korea’s biggest celebrities have stepped up in donating to support relief efforts and restoration of the local ecosystem. Below is a non-extensive list of the many celebrities who have donated.

JYP Entertainment – ₩500 million KRW (about $341,000 USD)

IVE – ₩200 million KRW (about $136,000 USD)

IU – ₩200 million KRW (about $136,000 USD)

BTS’s Suga – ₩100 million KRW (about $68,200 USD)

BTS’s J-Hope – ₩100 million KRW (about $68,200 USD)

Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – ₩100 million KRW (about $68,200 USD)

Actor Byeon Woo Seok – ₩100 million KRW (about $68,200 USD)

Red Velvet’s Seulgi – ₩100 million KRW (about $68,200 USD)

Trot singer Park Seo Jin – ₩100 million KRW (about $68,200 USD)

NCT’s Mark – ₩100 million KRW (about $68,200 USD)

Suzy – ₩100 million KRW (about $68,200 USD)

Trot singer Young Tak – ₩100 million KRW (about $68,200 USD)

Trot singer Lee Chan Won – ₩100 million KRW (about $68,200 USD)

Trot singer Jang Min Ho – ₩100 million KRW (about $68,200 USD)

Yoo Jae Suk – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

GOT7’s Jinyoung – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

Actress Kim Ji Won – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

TWICE’s Jihyo – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

LE SSERAFIM – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

Actor Kim Woo Bin – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

Actor Lee Dong Wook – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

PLAVE – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

Actress Han Ji Min – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

Actress Park Bo Young – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

UEE – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

NCT’s Haechan – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

Hyeri – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

Actress Go Min Si – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

Actress Go Youn Jung – ₩50.0 million KRW (about $34,100 USD)

Actress Chun Woo Hee – ₩40.0 million KRW (about $27,300 USD)

1st Generation idol group Koyote – ₩30.0 million KRW (about $20,500 USD)

Actor Park Hae Su – ₩30.0 million KRW (about $20,500 USD)

Im Siwan – ₩30.0 million KRW (about $20,500 USD)

OH MY GIRL’s Arin – ₩20.0 million KRW (about $13,600 USD)

Rapper Loco – ₩20.0 million KRW (about $13,600 USD)

Actor Ahn Jae Wook – ₩20.0 million KRW (about $13,600 USD)

Kim Sejeong – ₩20.0 million KRW (about $13,600 USD)

YouTuber Lee Mal Nyeon (Chim Chak Man) – ₩20.0 million KRW (about $13,600 USD)

Comedian Yoo Byung Jae – ₩20.0 million KRW (about $13,600 USD)

ZEROBASEONE’s Jiwoong – ₩10.0 million KRW (about $6,820 USD)

Lovelyz’s Mijoo – ₩10.0 million KRW (about $6,820 USD)

WINNER’s Jinwoo – ₩10.0 million KRW (about $6,820 USD)

Actress Joo Hyun Young – ₩10.0 million KRW (about $6,820 USD)