S-Oil CEO Anwar A. Al-Hejazi and 30 employees visited a social welfare center in Seoul, donating 30 million won and sharing traditional tteokguk with those in need, continuing a tradition started in 2007.
S-Oil CEO Anwar A. AL-Hejazi, center, poses with the Korean finger heart at an event sharing tteokguk , or rice soup that is traditionally eaten in Korea during the Lunar New Year, for those in need at a social welfare center in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Jan. 22. [S-OIL]
S-Oil CEO Anwar A. AL-Hejazi, center, poses with the Korean finger heart at an event sharing tteokguk, or rice soup that is traditionally eaten in Korea during the Lunar New Year, for those in need at a social welfare center in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Jan. 22.
The Korean oil refiner donated 30 million won ($20,942) to the center along with 150 sets of gifts. Around 30 S-Oil employees, including the CEO, visited the center to distribute tteokguk.
S-Oil kicked off the annual event in 2007, and it has been running more than a decade.
![S-Oil CEO Anwar A. AL-Hejazi, center, poses with the Korean finger heart at an event sharing tteokguk , or rice soup that is traditionally eaten in Korea during the Lunar New Year, for those in need at a social welfare center in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Jan. 22. [S-OIL]](https://img3.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202501/22/koreajoongangdaily/20250122185652355esll.jpg)