{"id":155604,"date":"2025-12-31T08:31:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=155604"},"modified":"2025-12-31T08:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:31:17","slug":"iu-donates-140000-at-years-end-to-support-communities-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/iu-donates-140000-at-years-end-to-support-communities-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"IU donates $140,000 at year\u2019s end to support communities in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IU<\/strong> never ceases to amaze the fans with her big contributions, not only to the Kpop scene but to the vulnerable communities. The idol has shared a special act at year\u2019s end by donating to support those in need.<\/p>\n<p>On December 31, EDAM Entertainment, <strong>IU\u2019s music agency, made official IU\u2019s donation of $140,000 under the name <em>\u201cIUaeNa,\u201d<\/em> to mark the end of the year<\/strong>. The name comes from a portmanteau of IU&#8217;s name and her fan club Uaena.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-155620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IU-donated-a-total-of-200-million-KRW-under-the-name-\u2018IUaeNa-IU-Uaena-to-mark-the-end-of-the-year.jpg\" alt=\"The idol is supporting those in need during this special holidays \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IU-donated-a-total-of-200-million-KRW-under-the-name-\u2018IUaeNa-IU-Uaena-to-mark-the-end-of-the-year.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IU-donated-a-total-of-200-million-KRW-under-the-name-\u2018IUaeNa-IU-Uaena-to-mark-the-end-of-the-year-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IU-donated-a-total-of-200-million-KRW-under-the-name-\u2018IUaeNa-IU-Uaena-to-mark-the-end-of-the-year-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IU-donated-a-total-of-200-million-KRW-under-the-name-\u2018IUaeNa-IU-Uaena-to-mark-the-end-of-the-year-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IU-donated-a-total-of-200-million-KRW-under-the-name-\u2018IUaeNa-IU-Uaena-to-mark-the-end-of-the-year-1100x733.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IU-donated-a-total-of-200-million-KRW-under-the-name-\u2018IUaeNa-IU-Uaena-to-mark-the-end-of-the-year-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IU-donated-a-total-of-200-million-KRW-under-the-name-\u2018IUaeNa-IU-Uaena-to-mark-the-end-of-the-year-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cIU donated a total of 200 million KRW under the name \u2018IUaeNa\u2019 (IU + Uaena) to mark the end of the year. The donation will be used to<strong> support<\/strong> various<strong> underprivileged groups<\/strong>, including single mothers, young adults preparing for independence, people with disabilities, and the elderly.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>This is not the first time that IU has practiced philanthropy under the name<em> \u201cIUaeNa.\u201d<\/em> <strong>The idol has impacted communities positively with her donations<\/strong> on different occasions, including her debut anniversary, birthday, and year-end holidays. The idol\u2019s donations have improved firefighters\u2019 working conditions, children, adolescents, and vulnerable communities across South Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IU never ceases to amaze the fans with her big contributions, not only to the Kpop scene but to the vulnerable communities. The idol has shared a special act at year\u2019s end by donating to support those in need. On December 31, EDAM Entertainment, IU\u2019s music agency, made official IU\u2019s donation of $140,000 under the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":155605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[1466],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-155604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-iu"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155604"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=155604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}