Celebrity

It turns out that a star has been receiving government grants for 9 years

In the recently ended drama “Through the Darkness”, actor Kim Nam-gil was well received for playing profiler Song Ha-young.

He is currently very busy with many upcoming works being booked. He is on a roll as an actor, but in fact he has another new title. It is the representative title of his agency “Gilstory Entertainment” and the NGO “Gilstory”.

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Unlike other celebrities’ side activities for economic gain, Kim Nam-gil drew attention by running an NGO aimed at “social contribution”.

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His “Gilstory” is a culture and arts NGO organization that aims to contribute to society through culture and arts campaigns. Founded in 2013, various experts, including doctors of oriental medicine, writers, painters, composers, photographers, IT experts, lawyers, accountants and translators, participate in helping the socially disadvantaged.

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Kim Nam-gil said in an interview with a media outlet that he felt the need for NGOs while doing relief activities for the 2010 earthquake in Indonesia. Seeing them having to live with poverty for the rest of their lives, he felt the need for cross-border sharing.

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Gilstory has been involved in a number of meaningful activities since its establishment. Kim Nam-gil’s fans in Japan collected charity funds to build schools for children in poor Mongolian villages. They are also carrying out various activities such as support for firefighters, cultural support projects and support for low-income families. Gilstory is still receiving government grants from the Seoul Metropolitan Government as well as funding from crowding funds and various donations. There was a proposal of sponsorship from a large corporation, but he politely refused it because he was afraid it would become a sponsorship for publicity. Kim Nam-gil was sincere about living together to that extent.

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Gilstory operates a YouTube channel and produces various campaign contents for support for culture and low-income families. Kim Nam-gil himself is actively participating in the campaign.

Meanwhile, Kim Nam-gil is currently filming Netflix’s series “Song of the Bandits” in time for OCN’s drama “Island”. In addition, he is expected to be frequently active as an actor in the near future as his movies “Guardian”, “Emergency Declaration” and “Night Trip” are about to be released.

Source: daum

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