Woori Bank donates Rp 2b to Aceh

Woori Bank donates Rp 2b to Aceh

JAKARTA: South Korean-based Woori Bank donated on Monday nearly
Rp 2 billion (US$218,700) for tsunami victims in Aceh and North
Sumatra. The donation was handed over by PT Bank Woori Indonesia
president director Lim Chol-jin to Bank Indonesia Governor
Burhanuddin Abdullah.

"This donation was collected from our management, staff and
customers who wanted to express their sympathy toward the people
in Aceh currently facing a very difficult situation," said Lim.

PT Bank Woori Indonesia, serving some 3,900 Korean customers
throughout Indonesia, donated Rp 100 million for Aceh through
Bank Indonesia in December.

The bank began operating in Indonesia in 1992 to accommodate
Korean investors and workers. The bank merged with PT Hanil
Tamara Bank in 1995 and began operating under the name of PT Bank
Hanvit Indonesia. In 2002, Hanvit changed its name to Woori Bank.
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