Lee Young Ae joined hands to help the family of a foreigner victim of the Itaewon disaster
Actress Lee Young Ae expressed her desire to help after hearing the story of a bereaved family of the Itaewon disaster.
Lee Young Ae recently told the Korea Welfare Foundation for the Disabled that she wants to support the late Park Yuliana (25), who is unable to return to her home country due to her family’s economic difficulties. Lee Young Ae is also chairman of the Advisory Committee on Culture and Arts at the Korea Welfare Foundation for the Disabled.
The late Juliana’s father, Park Arthur, a third-generation Goryeoin (ethnic Koreans in the post-Soviet states), needs more than 10 million won, including 4.5 million won for embalming her body, 4.5 million won for ship fare, and 500,000 won for an ambulance to transport the body to Donghae Port, but he had no money as he is working in nursing homes due to his old age.
On Nov 4th, he will need to take a ferry to Vladivostok, Russia, departing from Donghae Port in Donghae-si, Gangwon-do, but he will highly miss this. If he misses this ferry, he can only catch it a week later.
The government, businesses, and citizens, including Lee Young Ae, extended a helping hand after hearing his urgent story.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is discussing with related ministries how to pay funeral expenses in advance to prevent such precedents from occurring to foreign victims such as Park. For the convenience of the bereaved families of foreigner victims, measures to simplify the entry process to Korea as much as possible are also being carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice. Asiana Airlines will provide air tickets to the bereaved families of foreigners who passed away. In addition, citizens are said to be willing to pay their money to help.
Twenty-six foreigners passed away in the Itaewon disaster. There are five Iranians, four Chinese, four Russians, two Americans, two Japanese, one each from France, Australia, Norway, Austria, Vietnam, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Sri Lanka.
Source: wikitree
