Singer Sean successfully completed a 81.5 km marathon on Aug. 15, marking the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day, and donated over 2.3 billion won.
The '2025 815 Run,' hosted by Sean and Habitat for Humanity Korea, is a charity marathon that reflects on the meaning of Liberation Day and expresses gratitude to independence activists, delivering a positive message of 'It will be alright, Korea!' This year, it saw a record number of individual participants at 19,450 over a span of 24 days.
Despite the sweltering heat of August, Sean completed the 81.5 km in 7 hours, 50 minutes, and 22 seconds. Four thousand offline participants ran with Sean at Seoul World Cup Park and commemorated the meaning of Liberation Day by watching a special concert that featured Sean and Sohyang.
The donations from 110 sponsoring corporations, including The North Face and Miracle365, along with the full entry fees of the 19,450 individual participants, were donated to Habitat for Humanity Korea. The total donation of over 2.38 billion won will be used for housing environment improvement projects for the descendants of independence activists.
Sean said, "Starting Liberation Day morning with a 81.5 km run is my expression of gratitude to the independence activists and their descendants," adding, "I also thank all the runners who shared that spirit."
Since 2020, Sean has been conducting housing environment improvement campaigns for the descendants of independence activists through the '8.15 Run' and '3.1 Run' each year on March 1st and Liberation Day. To date, he has dedicated new homes to 19 generations of descendants of independence activists and is currently building the 20th to 22nd houses.
Meanwhile, Sean is leading the way in fostering various donation cultures with 'good running.' He has made significant contributions for housing improvements for descendants of independence activists, donated revenue from photo collections, supported children both domestically and internationally, helped construct rehabilitation hospitals for children, participated in coal delivery volunteering, and contributed to the establishment of the world's first ALS hospice. The total amount he has donated to places in need across society is over 6.5 billion won.
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