Employees of Hoban Construction, Hoban Industrial and Taihan Cable & Solution take part

Moon Gap, head of the management division at Hoban Construction (second from left), and Hoban Group employees make kimchi at the "2026 Love Kimjang Sharing" volunteer event held at the Seocho-gu district office plaza. [Hoban Group]
Moon Gap, head of the management division at Hoban Construction (second from left), and Hoban Group employees make kimchi at the "2026 Love Kimjang Sharing" volunteer event held at the Seocho-gu district office plaza. [Hoban Group]

Hoban Group held its annual kimchi-making and sharing event ahead of winter to support vulnerable residents in the local community.

The group announced Friday that it hosted the "2026 Love Kimjang Sharing" volunteer event at the Seocho-gu district office plaza.

About 150 people took part, including Moon Gap, head of the management division at Hoban Construction, members of the group's volunteer corps "Hoban Sarang Nanumi" drawn from Hoban Construction, Hoban Industrial and Taihan Cable & Solution, and representatives from the Seocho-gu district office, the Seocho-gu Saemaul Women's Association and the Saemaul Leaders Seocho-gu Council.

Participants carried salted cabbage and mixed seasoning paste, making the kimchi by hand throughout the event.

Hoban Group used 30 million won ($22,500) in voluntary employee donations to prepare 620 boxes of kimchi totaling 4,960 kilograms. The kimchi will be distributed to neighbors in need through 25 local welfare centers.

The kimchi-sharing drive began in 2011 and this year marks its 16th edition. The group has used the annual winter event to help vulnerable community members get through the cold season.

"We hope the kimchi our employees made together with care will bring warmth to our neighbors this winter," a Hoban Group official said. "We will continue to carry out a variety of sharing activities that spread warmth throughout the community."

Hoban Group has been expanding its community outreach centered on Seocho-gu, where its headquarters is located. In August, it ran a commemorative portrait photography service for veterans in the district, and last year it donated a welfare support fund to Seocho-gu for the protection and recovery of children who suffered abuse.

The group is also investing in programs to nurture future science talent. Hoban Group and the Hoban Scholarship Foundation held the "2026 K-Science Talent Academy Results Presentation" at their Seocho-gu headquarters on Nov. 5, sharing the first-year outcomes of a program through which companies and universities have collaborated to give students education and research opportunities.


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