Busan port community staff volunteer at meal service for vulnerable residents

Busan Port Authority (BPA) said Thursday that executives and staff from BPA and Busan port terminal operators volunteered at the Busan Briquette Bank's meal-sharing center to serve food to vulnerable residents in the area.

The volunteer activity was organized after BPA and nine terminal operators donated 3.43 million won ($2,560) — proceeds from their joint "2026 Anabada Market (Reshare Market)" — to the Busan Briquette Bank to give back to the local community. The donated funds supported the bank's communal meal program.

BPA launched the first round of meal service on Oct. 27, serving about 70 veterans and their families, then held a second round Thursday, providing warm samgyetang — a traditional Korean chicken and ginseng soup — to about 180 vulnerable residents, bringing the total served across both sessions to roughly 250 people.

About 20 staff members from BPA, Sinseondae Gamman Terminal Co. and Korea Hutchison Terminal Co. — both participants in the Reshare Market — joined the effort. Volunteers helped with ingredient preparation, cooking, serving and table cleanup, and also took part in a cleaning drive at a laundromat that the Busan Briquette Bank operates free of charge for vulnerable residents.