{"id":176227,"date":"2026-10-05T16:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=176227"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:28:14","slug":"stray-kids-bang-chan-turns-29-and-gives-back-big-%e2%82%a9300-million-donated-on-his-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/stray-kids-bang-chan-turns-29-and-gives-back-big-%e2%82%a9300-million-donated-on-his-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Stray Kids&#8217; Bang Chan turns 29 and gives back big: \u20a9300 million donated on his birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bang Chan of Stray Kids celebrated his 29th birthday on Saturday in the best way: by donating a combined 300 million won (about $223,000) to three organizations, <strong>JYP<\/strong> <strong>Entertainment<\/strong> announced. That brings his total giving this year to 500 million won.<\/p>\n<h2>Where the Money Is Going<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bang Chan<\/strong> gave 100 million won each to Hearcycle, World Vision and the marine environmental group Our Sea of East Asia Network (Osean). World Vision&#8217;s share will support its Dreaming Children program, which offers scholarships and tailored growth support to children and teens from low-income and vulnerable households.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bang Chan donated $300KRW to Herecycle, World Vision and OSEAN. The donations will be used according to the organization\u2019s respective purposes!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#39;s meaningful to be able to convey my feelings to various fields that need a helping hand, from children&#39;s dreams to the environment\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WImFNwj5yq\">pic.twitter.com\/WImFNwj5yq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SKZ BASE (@skzpopbase) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/skzpopbase\/status\/2106196334416130095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hearcycle<\/strong>&#8216;s donation will go toward medical expenses and social reintegration programs for young people with hearing loss, while Osean&#8217;s will fund coastal and river cleanups and marine debris collection.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release, the <strong>Stray<\/strong> <strong>Kids<\/strong> member said it was meaningful to share even a small amount of support in areas that need a helping hand, &#8220;<em><strong>from children&#8217;s dreams to the communities we live in<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>A Giving Streak<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this year, in September, the Australian singer donated 100 million won to Seoul Rehabilitation Hospital for specialized rehabilitation centers, plus another 100 million won to <strong>UNICEF<\/strong> Korea for recovery efforts after major flooding in Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>He has also made birthday donations before: 200 million won combined to Samsung Medical Center and UNICEF Korea in 2025, and 100 million won to the <strong>Community Chest of Korea<\/strong> in 2024, which made him a member of its Honor Society.<\/p>\n<p>With his Stray Kids bandmates, he also contributed in 2025 to wildfire recovery in North and South <strong>Gyeongsang<\/strong> provinces and to relief after a fire in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bang Chan of Stray Kids celebrated his 29th birthday on Saturday in the best way: by donating a combined 300 million won (about $223,000) to three organizations, JYP Entertainment announced. That brings his total giving this year to 500 million won. Where the Money Is Going Bang Chan gave 100 million won each to Hearcycle, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3106,"featured_media":176228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[1344,1074],"class_list":["post-176227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-news","tag-bang-chan","tag-stray-kids"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176227","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\/3106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176230,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176227\/revisions\/176230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}