“An angel': A South Korean shoe repairman plans to donate parts of his property to help support people facing economic difficulties amid the coronavirus outbreak. Part of AP's One Good Thing series of stories about acts of kindness during the crisis.
In this March 25, 2020 photo, South Korean shoe repairman Kim Byung-rok shows his land during an interview in Paju, South Korea. Kim is in news after he revealed plans to donate his property to help support people facing economic difficulties amid the coronavirus outbreak. Kim says he wants to donate parts of his land on a small mountain near the border with North Korea that he bought in 2014.
But now Kim, 60, wants to donate a big chunk of his holdings to the local government. So many South Koreans are shutting their businesses and face declining incomes due to the coronavirus outbreak, which has hit the country hard; Kim thought the value of his land could be put to good use. There are technicalities that must be worked out. Authorities are trying to make sure Kim will not face gift taxes, but he’s adamant: “If I have to pay that, I would accept that.”His father died when he was 6, and his mother later married a man who beat and abused him. Kim ran away from his home and began working as a shoeshine boy when he was 10.
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