{"id":644152,"date":"2026-10-04T02:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T02:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/644152\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T02:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T02:40:16","slug":"stray-kids-bang-chan-marks-birthday-with-300-million-won-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/644152\/","title":{"rendered":"Stray Kids\u2019 Bang Chan marks birthday with 300 million won donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subtitle above\" style=\"\">\n        The K-pop boy band&#8217;s leader gave 300 million won ($223,000) to organizations supporting hearing-impaired youth, vulnerable children and marine cleanup efforts.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        Bang Chan, leader of K-pop boy band Stray Kids<br \/>\n        YONHAP\n    <\/p>\n<p>Bang Chan, leader of K-pop boy band Stray Kids, donated a total of 300 million won\u00a0($223,000) to three organizations on his birthday on Saturday, according to his agency JYP Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Bang Chan gave 100 million won each to Hearcycle, a nonprofit organization; World Vision, an international relief and development NGO; and OSEAN, a nonprofit focused on the marine environment in East Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The donations will be used to cover medical costs and help young people with hearing loss return to society through Hearcycle; to fund scholarships and tailored support for children and teenagers from low-income and vulnerable families through World Vision; and to support coastal and river cleanups and marine waste collection through OSEAN.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is meaningful to be able to share my heart, even in a small way, with the many areas in need of help, from children&#8217;s dreams to the environment we live in,&#8221; Bang Chan said through his agency. &#8220;I hope my heart reaches the places that need help and contributes to all of us dreaming of a better tomorrow together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Including this donation, Bang Chan has given a total of 500 million won this year alone.<\/p>\n<p>BY NEWS TEAM\u00a0 \u00a0[kjdnews@joongang.co.kr]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The K-pop boy band&#8217;s leader gave 300 million won ($223,000) to organizations supporting hearing-impaired youth, vulnerable children and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-644152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}