{
  "id": 19606593,
  "title": "Samsung turns everyday spending into community giving with new charity program",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/samsung-turns-everyday-spending-into-community-giving-with-new-19606593",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-12T05:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261112/samsung-turns-everyday-spending-into-community-giving-with-new-charity-program"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Samsung is introducing a new charity program that transforms routine purchases near its offices into support for disadvantaged children. The company is uniting local businesses, employees, and labor representatives in a community-giving initiative that ties commercial activity to social welfare. On Thursday, Samsung hosted its 2026 Sharing Day event at the DSR Tower, its semiconductor complex in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, concluding a two-week Sharing Week campaign and launching the inaugural donation ceremony for its Sharing Stores program.\n\nDuring the campaign, which ran from November 2, over 108,000 employees from 23 Samsung-affiliated companies took part in donations, blood drives, and volunteer activities. The Sharing Stores program allows restaurants and cafes near Samsung workplaces to donate a portion of their sales to aid children and teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds when employees shop at participating establishments. The program currently operates at 22 locations across 17 Samsung affiliates, including Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung Display, and Samsung SDI, with 370 local businesses involved.\n\nSamsung has pledged to raise 300 million won as part of the initiative.",
  "summary": "Samsung is turning everyday purchases near its workplaces into support for vulnerable children, bringing local businesses, employees and labor representatives together in a community-giving initiative that links commercial activity with social welfare. The company held its 2026 Sharing Day event Thursday at DSR Tower, its semiconductor complex in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, wrapping up a…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}