US EditionBTS's Suga Launches Autism Therapy Centre with $3.8 Million Donation and a Music-Driven Mission for Children
- In June 2025, BTS member Suga donated 5 billion won to help establish a dedicated facility in Seoul that offers specialized treatment and support for children with autism spectrum disorder.
- This donation came shortly after Suga completed his compulsory military duty, a requirement for all able-bodied men in South Korea between the ages of 18 and 28, lasting between 18 and 21 months.
- In collaboration with child psychiatry expert Dr Cheon Keun-ah, the centre will offer tailored long-term treatments for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, featuring programmes such as speech training and psychological assistance through the MIND initiative.
- Suga shared that he came to understand music as an important means to convey emotions and connect with others, describing his involvement at the centre as both a joyful and honorable experience.
- The centre's opening this September and Suga's donation have inspired public support and may improve treatment options for children with autism in South Korea.
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Suga, a member of the K-pop giants BTS, has been discharged from South Korea's mandatory national service, as the last of the seven boyband members to finish their military duties.This is nothing less than a "momentous occasion" for the group's zealous fans, said The Independent, marking the end of a two-and-a-half-year break in the band's career, and now that all BTS members have completed their service, they plan to reunite by the end of the y…
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연합뉴스-Yonhap News AgencyBTS fans join Suga in funding autism treatment center for children
Following BTS member Suga's donation of 5 billion won ($3.62 million) to help build a treatment center for children with autism, fans around the world have responded with an outpouring of support, hospital officials said Tuesday. Severance Hospital in Seoul announced that public donations for the planned Min Yoon-gi Treatment Center exceeded 200 million won as of 9 a.m., just one day after news of Suga's donation was made public. A groundbreakin…
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