[HanCinema's News] Park Byung-eun Donates $500,000 to National Cancer Center
By William Schwartz | Published on
On December 28th C-JeS Entertainment confirmed that actor Park Byung-eun, who is represented by the agency, had made a larger donation of approximately five hundred thousand dollars to the National Cancer Center in Goyang. The unconfirmed news had been reported by a South Korean entertainment news outlet earlier in the day. C-JeS Entertainment claimed that Park Byung-eun had made a personal decision in difficult times where many are afflicted with COVID-19.
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The funds had been specifically earmarked for low-income cancer patients as well as for preventative cancer research. Park Byung-eun has most recently appeared in the television drama "Lost" as the husband of the main character played by Jeon Do-yeon. Other credits from 2020 include the films "SEOBOK" on TVing and "Kingdom: Ashin of the North" on Netflix. He is set to appear as the male lead in the elite divorce drama "Eve" on tvN next year.
Written by William Schwartz
William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Portland metropolitan area. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.