[K-enter] Actor Byeon Woo-seok Donates Merchandise Proceeds to Pediatric Patients

Time for some K-entertainment news with Bella Kim.

Today, we start off with a heartwarming story.

Actor Byeon Woo-seok has donated the proceeds from his birthday merchandise sales to Korea Pediatric Cancer-Foundation. The sale of the goods started last October and his agency VARO Entertainment announced that all proceeds will be donated to children suffering from childhood cancer, leukemia, and rare and incurable diseases. The exact amount is not revealed. Byeon Woo-seok actually donated 300 million won, which is roughly 210-thousand U.S. dollars, for pediatric patients to Severance Hospital in Seoul just last year. Meanwhile, he confirmed his next project for an MBC drama tentatively titled “21st Century King’s Wife”.

We have another donation story, but this time by a K-pop boy group member?

BTS' Jin donated 100 million won (about 70,000 U.S. dollars) to Korea University Medical Center to support terminally ill patients in developing countries. The donation will be used for Korea University Medical Center’s international medical support program, aimed at providing treatment to those suffering from financial hardships and lack of treatment. Jin stated “I hope this brings a small hope to those who are suffering and unable to receive treatment in medical blind spots.” He added that he wants to help more lives with his global fans. Jin was discharged from mandatory military service last June and recently released his solo album, “Happy.”

And speaking of Jin, we’ll end off with another story on some other BTS members?

BTS Jimin has achieved a historic milestone on the US Billboard charts. According to the latest Billboard charts released on Wednesday, Jimin’s second solo album, “MUSE” is still on the Billboard 200 chart at No.118. This is his 26th consecutive week on the chart, which makes him the longest-charting K-pop solo artist on this chart. Despite the fact that the album was released in July last year, it is still No.3 on the World Albums chart and its title track, “Who,” is ranked No.41 on the Hot 100.

We also have some more exciting news for Jimin along with Jung Kook?

Jimin and Jung Kook were nominated for various categories of the “2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards” in the United States. On Wednesday, iHeartRadio Music Awards announced the list of nominees for this year’s awards. Jimin was nominated for “K-pop Artist of the Year” and his song “Who” was nominated for “Best Lyrics” and “K-pop Song of the Year.” Notably, Jimin is the first Korean artist to be nominated for the “Best Lyrics” category. Also, a travelogue taken by Jimin and Jung Kook “Are You Sure?!” was considered as a competition for “Favorite On Screen.”

The iHeartRadio Music Awards is a music awards ceremony hosted, since 2014, by iHeartRadio, an American online radio station. It awards the most played artists and songs on iHeartRadio stations and applications every year. This year’s awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on March 17th and will be broadcast live on the FOX channel in the United States.

Thank you Bella for today’s stories.