SEOUL, South Korea– K-pop band aespa and various other South Oriental pop celebrities have actually introduced a flurry of contributions to sustain targets of an apartment fire in Hong Kong that eliminated a minimum of 128 individuals in among the city’s most dangerous blazes.
Woman team aespa stated they will certainly contribute 500,000 Hong Kong bucks ($ 64,000) to the Hong Kong Red Cross, according to a blog post on their main Weibo account. “We reveal our inmost grief concerning this heartbreaking information,” the band stated.
Stray Children vowed 1 million Hong Kong bucks ($ 129,000) via Globe Vision Hong Kong for short-lived real estate and various other assistance for afflicted youngsters and homeowners. “We were all really heavy-hearted upon listening to the regrettable information from Hong Kong,” the team stated.
SM and JYP Amusement, 2 of South Korea’s greatest enjoyment business, gave away a mixed 3 million Hong Kong bucks ($ 385,000) for emergency situation alleviation and calamity healing.
Various other K-pop teams that additionally vowed contributions consisted of child bands Riize, EXO-CBX and KickFlip added 100,000 Hong Kong bucks ($ 12,900) via Globe Vision Hong Kong.
Coordinators of the Mom AWARDS, a yearly two-day K-pop honors event arranged for Friday and Saturday in Hong Kong, encountered on the internet objection in South Korea for not terminating the occasion taking into account the fire disaster.
South Oriental enjoyment business CJ E&& M terminated both days’ red carpeting occasions however stated the primary event would certainly continue.
” We reveal our inmost acknowledgements to those that shed their lives in the fire in Hong Kong,” CJ E&& M stated in a declaration. The business stated the honors would certainly include a “Assistance Hong Kong” message and consist of time for grieving. Coordinators additionally vowed to contribute 20 million Hong Kong bucks ($ 2.6 million) to the assistance fund developed by the Hong Kong federal government.
” Our company believe in the recovery and uniformity power of songs,” the declaration stated.
