Sunday, March 9, 2008

Bill Kapoun has died.

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Sad news to report. William Kapoun, the English teacher badly burned in a Seoul fire last week, has died of his injuries.



The "Save Bill Kapoun" Facebook group reported yesterday that they had collected over $41,000 thus far, before a benefit for Bill was held in Seoul last night. As there are still medical expenses, please do not curtail plans to donate, as the family is obviously one in great need. The support---financial, material, and other---thus far among expatriates in Korea has been incredible. Donation information can be found on the Facebook group and on www.billkapoun.com.

More details will be coming soon, I'm sure.

* Update 1: Here is an article from today's Korea Times. An excerpt:
His father Dan Kapoun, a retired soldier, plans to hold a memorial service at the U.S. Army Base in Yongsan as soon as his son’s body is conveyed to the family from the hospital after the settlement of treatment fees, estimated at 77 million won (about $80,000) in total.

Donators and supporters extended their helping hand to the Kapoun family through the blog site www.billkapoun.com. They also made direct donations to a bank account that was opened here under the name of Warren Franklin William Fund. The donations have reached about $60,000 in total, according to his friends.

``Thank you all of you, from our entire family for your support and good wishes. The Korean people have been very kind to us,’’ Judy Kapoun, his mother told The Korea Times. His parents will return to the United States after the memorial service here.


* Update 2: For information Korea’s National Medical Insurance Program, visit this informative post from one of the Korea Law Blogs.

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