The members of the group New Jeans donated 100 million won in the name of their fan club, ‘Bernies.’ On the 19th, the Green Umbrella Children‘s Foundation announced, “Minzy, Hani, Daniel, Haerin, and Hyein donated 100 million won, saying, ’Please use it for underprivileged children.‘” According to the foundation, their donations will be used to support the livelihood, housing, learning, and medical care of children and adolescents in need of family care, as well as career and employment support. Previously, the members of New Jeans held an emergency press conference on the 28th of last month to announce that their exclusive contract with their agency Adore had been terminated, and on the 3rd of this month, they filed a lawsuit with the Seoul Central District Court to confirm the validity of their exclusive contract.


Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com