K-pop ‘birthday boy’ Suga of BTS donates US$90,000 to sick children’s charity as he turns 26
The boy band rapper also presents more than 300 dolls he designed to young South Korean cancer patients on Saturday
K-pop star Suga, one of the seven members of the boy band BTS, celebrated his 26th birthday on Saturday by donating 100 million won (about US$90,000) to a non-profit foundation that supports child cancer patients.
Suga, whose real name is Min Yoon-gi, presented the money together with 329 dolls, under the name of his fan club, ARMY, the Korea Paediatric Cancer Foundation said.
The rapper, who designed the dolls himself, had wanted to make the birthday donation to thank his fans for their continued support, the charity said.
“We will make sure the donation will be used to help the children,” it said.
This is not the first time Suga has made donations to charity.
To mark his 25th birthday he presented 10kg (22 pounds) of hanwoo – prime Korean beef – to orphanages.
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