Korean actress Shin Se-kyung donates YouTube profits to aid girls from low-income families

This is the third time the 'Run On' star has donated her income from YouTube. Photo: Shin Se-kyung/Instagram

Actress Shin Se-kyung, who started her YouTube channel three years ago, has donated her YouTube profits to help girls from low-income families.

Her agency shared the news with Korean media on Tuesday (Dec 7).

As translated by a portal, the agency stated: "Shin Se-kyung is using her profits from her YouTube channel to provide young girls from low-income families with sanitary pads, pouches, and other hygiene kits through GFoundation.”

The actress – who has starred in various K-dramas including Run On and Rookie Historian – is quoted on the site as well saying: “It’s meaningful to be able to repay at least a little bit of the love I have received this year from many people.”

According to the report, she has done donated her profits for three consecutive years now.

Her YouTube channel has 1.33 million subscribers and the views of her videos range somewhere between 500K to 3.8 million.