Booyoung Group Donation Ceremony will be held on Friday (Jan. 29) at the AFP Commissioned Officers Club in Quezon City.

Booyoung Group Chairman LEE Joong Keun donates 5,000 digital pianos, 50,000 blackboards to DepEd.

The ceremony will be attended by Booyoung Group Chairman LEE Joong Keun, DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro, Korean Ambassador to the Philippines KIM Jae-Shin and dignitary guests from both countries, together with 500 school children and parents.

LEE is hopeful that this event "will serve to strengthen amity and friendship between two countries." He also said that Koreans are deeply thankful to the Philippines for lending their troops during the Korean War.

Booyoung Group is Korean construction and property company headed by Chairman LEE Joong Keun. LEE, self-made billionaire is also the author of a Korean War history book "Korean War 1129 days. LEE has awarded scholarship to foreign students from Asia-Pacific and African countries. Some 15 Filipino students studying in Korea are receiving benefits every six months. LEE, with a firm belief that education is the best investment for the better future, has been donating in the educational sector domestically and globally.

Source: Philippine News Agency