Woori Bank, National Pension Service Resume Overseas Volunteer Program After 7 Years, Send 30 to Thailand
Visit schools in Chiang Mai from November 16 to 21
Financial education, cultural exchange and school facility improvements
Woori Bank and the National Pension Service are resuming their joint overseas volunteer program after a seven-year hiatus. The volunteer group, comprising 30 employees from the two organizations, will carry out volunteer activities for local students in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from November 16 to 21.
Jung Jinwan, president of Woori Bank (far right), and Kim Seongju, chairman of the National Pension Service (far left), pose for a commemorative photo with representatives from both organizations at the 2026 Overseas Volunteer Corps launch ceremony, held on the 4th at Woori Bank's headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul. Photo courtesy of Woori Bank.
View original imageAccording to Woori Bank on November 5, Woori Bank President Jung Jin-wan and National Pension Service Chairman Kim Seong-ju held the launch ceremony for the “2026 Overseas Volunteer Corps” together with the National Pension Service at Woori Bank’s headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, on November 4.
The two organizations’ joint overseas volunteer activities were held twice, in Thailand in 2018 and Cambodia in 2019, before being suspended due to COVID-19. With the activities resuming this year, the organizations will embark on their third overseas volunteer program, seven years after 2019.
The volunteer group, comprising 30 employees from Woori Bank and the National Pension Service, will visit schools in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from November 16 to 21. It will provide local students with financial education and run cultural exchange programs, including activities involving Hangul, hanji crafts and Korean food. The group also plans to carry out maintenance work on school facilities to improve the students’ learning environment.
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“I hope this volunteer activity will provide local students in Thailand with new learning opportunities and warm hope,” Woori Bank President Jung Jin-wan said. “We will continue to work with the National Pension Service to pursue social contribution activities that provide practical support to communities at home and abroad.”
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