Giving back

From left: Lee Jong-seok, an executive vice president of Samsung Electronics North America; Kenneth Fisher, the chairman of Fisher House Foundation; Yoon Boo-keun, CEO of Samsung Electronics; Cory Booker, junior senator from New Jersey; and Kim Won-kyoung, an executive director at Samsung Electronics America, pose for a photo at a “Chef of Staff” event held in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday by the Fisher House Foundation in support of American veterans who served in the 1950-53 Korean War. Samsung Electronics will donate 600 million won ($519,600) to the Fisher House Foundation, which provides homes for veterans and their families near Veterans Affairs hospitals nationwide. Samsung also plans to donate about 120 million won to the foundation to be given as scholarships to the children of veterans. [SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS]