Kim Jung-eun Feels More Attached to Charity Work for Babies After Marriage

Actress Kim Jung-eun has been involved in volunteer work for abandoned babies and orphans since she became a goodwill ambassador for the Social Welfare Society, a government-funded charity, 16 years ago. Early this year, the charity started a campaign to help and raise awareness of single mothers and she is actively participating.

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How has she been able to continue the work for 16 years despite her busy schedule?

"I have been lucky", she said. "I might have given up a long time ago if I had felt compulsory about it. But I was just able to give a helping hand when I was needed, and 16 years have passed before I knew it".

The charity is well known for an adoption-themed photo exhibition jointly held by photographer Cho Sei-hon. The exhibition has been held annually since 2003, and more than 100 celebrities have posed for the project. Kim participated nine times, more than any other celebrity.

She has also asked many fellow actors to join the project. "No one has said 'No.' I guess if you are loved by many people, you want to return the love. As many idol stars are willing to participate in the project, I barely have a chance to do a photo shoot these days", she said with a smile.

Kim said she has become more emotionally connected to children after she got married in March this year. "I get to want to do more to help babies and mothers in need so that every baby can be raised by their own mother".

She is currently taking a combined master's and doctorate program in theater and film at Hanyang University.

"I feel like I'm living my life backwards", she said. "I was involved with babies way before I myself got married and became an actress without knowing about acting. And now, 20 years later, I got married and have a chance of becoming a real mother, and also started studying acting seriously. It is fun looking back on my past experiences after going through many trials and errors".