BIGBANG’s Taeyang used the money he made from his charity flea market and fundraising auction for a good cause!

The flea market and auction were held on January 18 at Pier59 Studios and sold items donated by Taeyang, Sandara Park, AKMU, WINNER, iKON, CL, and IONE.

Taeyang delivered 60 million won (approximately $49,504) in profits from the event to the social welfare organization Snails of Love on February 24. The donation will be used for artificial cochlear surgery and language rehabilitation for children and adolescents with hearing impairments.

Taeyang commented, “I am happy to be able to do good work with my fans. I hope it will help children and teenagers who suffer from hearing loss.

Snails of Love expressed gratitude, saying, “There are about 340,000 people across the country who have hearing impairments. More than 90 percent of children who get artificial cochlear implants before the age of three are able to attend normal schools. With this donation, we will be able to gift hearing to more children.”

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The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual idols!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 1,135 idols, using big data collected from January 22 to February 23.

BTS’s Jimin held onto his spot at the top of the list this month, scoring a brand reputation index of 9,742,834 for February. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “comeback,” “YouTube,” and “ARMY,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “cool,” “love,” and “captivate.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 88.60 percent positive reactions.

Kang Daniel took second place in the rankings with a brand reputation index of 5,175,632, while BTS’s V came in at a close third with a total index of 5,149,473 for February.

Check out this month’s top 30 below!

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. Kang Daniel
3. BTS’s V
4. BTS’s Jungkook
5. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
6. BTS’s Jin
7. Ong Seong Wu
8. BTS’s RM
9. HOTSHOT’s Ha Sung Woon
10. BTS’s J-Hope
11. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
12. Kim Jae Hwan
13. GFRIEND’s Sowon
14. BTS’ Suga
15. GFRIEND’s SinB
16. GFRIEND’s Umji
17. Park Ji Hoon
18. GFRIEND’s Eunha
19. AOA’s Seolhyun
20. EXO’s Baekhyun
21. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
22. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
23. GFRIEND’s Yerin
24. BLACKPINK’s Jennie
25. GFRIEND’s Yuju
26. Red Velvet’s Joy
27. APRIL’s Naeun
28. MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul
29. LOONA’s Chuu
30. EVERGLOW’s Yiren

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