In this March 25, 2020 photo, South Korean shoe repairman Kim Byung-rok and his wife Kwon Jeom-deuk work at their shop in Seoul, South Korea. Kim is in news after he revealed plans to donate his property to help support people facing economic difficulties amid the coronavirus outbreak. Kim says he wants to donate parts of his land on a small mountain near the border with North Korea that he bought in 2014.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
March 31, 2020
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March 31, 2020 1:02 a.m.
South Korea shoe cobbler donates for needy amid coronavirus
PAJU, South Korea (AP) — Kim Byung-rok survived tuberculosis when he was 23, but was left with one good lung. In his work polishing and mending shoes, he inhaled too much dirt.