Friday, November 14, 2008

Anonymity fail.

It turns out that ubiquitious commercial actress Moon Geun-young is the biggest donor in the history of a large Korean charity. The identity of the donor had been anonymous when the group disclosed the list a couple of days ago:
However, as the organization announced a list of their top donors in tune with its 10th anniversary and ruled out Moon's name with an ``anonymous actress in her 20s,'' there had been ongoing rumors about the mysterious donor. People working in and out of the entertainment business started to point to Moon, as she had already donated in the past.

Community Chest of Korea finally revealed that it was indeed Moon who donated the money, adding that the donations were given in large sums, 50 million to even 100 million won, instead of regular contributions.

The Gwangju-born actress has contributed quite a bit of money to charities in Gwangju and Haenam, the article says. While some celebrities advertise every time they do anything that could remotely be considered "thoughtful," "considerate," or "recommended by their manager in order to take attention away from that DUI," Moon deserves credit for not only helping other people but for having the class to do much of her work anonymously.

However, this is the biggest case of anonymity fail since the Chosun Ilbo's work last May on scientist Hwang Woo-suk:
Hwang, who is abroad, told the Chosun Ilbo by phone he promised BioArts not to give media interviews.

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