He became an honorary physician in the 1980s and donated 1.2 billion won through shoe repair.

His grandfather, in his 80s, who donated 1.2 billion won for all the money accumulated while working as a shoemaker, became an honorary doctor of philosophy. Chonnam National University announced on the 27th that it has awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy to Kim Byeong-yang (84) at Gwangju Bank Hall in Yongji Hall.

Chonnam National University President Jeong Byeong-Seok said: “In Mr. Kim Byeong-yang’s eighty-year life, the zelkova trees at the entrance to Chonnam National University grow like giant trees even on land. barren, and are similar to giving shelter to the local population. It will be a symbol for the students who want to be the final winners ”.

Mr. Kim Byeong-yang said, “I am grateful to have been the protagonist of such a glorious position” and said, “As Chonnam National University is now our school, we will continue to think about Chonnam National University and do something to help us. help”.

Born in Jangseong, Jeollanam-do, Kim runs a leather repair shop “Myeongdong Star Company” at the main branch of Lotte department store in Sogong-dong, Seoul. He sharpened the soles of other people’s shoes with his thin fingertips and touched the leather fabric. In April, he quietly donated 600 million won, which he saved by working day and night, to Chonnam National University. He also promised to donate 600 million won to a townhouse in Seoul, where he now lives.

Kim has brothers and sisters, but the children did not hear the news of the donation after reading the newspaper the next day. My eldest daughter, Kim Mi-rye (60), said, “I’m sorry you didn’t say anything, but wouldn’t it be right to enliven my father’s dream as a child?”

Kim’s repair shop is considered one of the most famous luxury repair shops in Seoul. There are tens of thousands of luxury shoes and bags being reborn from Kim’s hands. However, he said, “I have never owned a luxury item.”

Kim was unable to go to high school due to difficult family circumstances. While helping with agriculture at home, when he was 25 years old, he started working in an edible oil factory in Gwangju, which was run by Dangsuk. I did everything wrong. In the 1960s, when the factory closed, he sold his mother’s five horses and brought his family to Tokyo with the extra money.

Ice cream delivered, oil delivered, ice delivered. Then, in the 1970s, Kim took over the current shoe repair shop with the money he had accumulated in his savings book.