Stray Kids' Lee Know donates $72,000 for Nepal flood relief
Summary
Lee Know of Stray Kids donated 100 million won to support relief efforts for people displaced by severe flooding in Nepal on Monday. JYP Entertainment said he delivered the donation on Aug. 28 to World Vision for children and families affected by the flooding. The funds will go to food and nutrition assistance, temporary housing and clean water and sanitation programs.
Key Facts
- Lee Know requested that the donation be used to help the lives and livelihoods of children and families affected by the flooding.
- World Vision will direct the funds to food and nutrition assistance, temporary housing and clean water and sanitation programs.
- Lee Know said he hoped the gesture would give strength to people going through a difficult time and help displaced residents and relief workers return to peaceful daily life.
- He began sponsoring children overseas through World Vision in 2014 and gave 100 million won in 2024 to the organization’s global food crisis response program.
- In 2025, he donated a combined 200 million won to Samsung Seoul Hospital and the cat rescue group Nabiya Saranghae.
Stray Kids' Lee Know / Courtesy of JYP Entertainment
Lee Know of the K-pop boy band Stray Kids donated 100 million won (about $72,000) to support relief efforts for people displaced by severe flooding in Nepal, his management agency, JYP Entertainment, said Monday.
Lee Know delivered the donation on Aug. 28 to World Vision, an international humanitarian and development NGO, requesting that it go toward saving the lives of children and families affected by the flooding and helping them sustain their livelihoods. The funds will support food and nutrition assistance, temporary housing and clean water and sanitation programs for flood-affected residents.
"I hope my gesture can offer even a small bit of strength to those going through a difficult time," Lee Know said in a statement released through JYP Entertainment.
"I sincerely hope that both those displaced and everyone working on relief efforts can return to peaceful daily life as soon as possible."
Lee Know has donated regularly to causes at home and abroad. He began sponsoring children overseas through World Vision in 2014. In 2024, he gave 100 million won to the Christian organization's global food crisis response program for children in the world's poorest countries, making him the youngest member of World Vision's Bob Pierce Honor Club, a group of donors who have given at least 100 million won cumulatively, named for the organization's founder.
In 2025, he donated a combined 200 million won to Samsung Seoul Hospital, covering treatment and caregiving costs for adult patients with severe illnesses and pediatric patients, and to Nabiya Saranghae, a cat rescue group.
Lee Know and his Stray Kids bandmates have also contributed to wildfire recovery efforts in Korea's Gyeongsang provinces and to fire relief in Hong Kong this year through separate donations.
Stray Kids' latest EP, "This & That," released Aug. 7, debuted atop the Billboard 200, marking the group's ninth consecutive chart-topping album. The band is currently touring in support of the release.
This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.
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