Late actor Ahn Sung-ki treated apartment staff to hotel meals every year: Heartwarming 'midam' surfaces

Wholesome story going viral on movie communities: "Welcomed Hannam The Hill staff in a full suit," "Showed kindness even to subcontracted workers."

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A citizen looks at the late actor Ahn Sung-ki's portrait at a public memorial space set up in the Seoul Movie Center on the 6th. The center will operate the space until 6 PM on the 8th. News1

A heartwarming story has belatedly come to light about how the late actor Ahn Sung-ki regularly showed kindness to the people working at his apartment complex during his lifetime. It was revealed that every year at year-end, he invited the apartment management office staff along with landscaping and cleaning workers to a hotel for dinner. According to the online film community 'DVD Prime' on the 8th, a post titled "Actor Ahn Sung-ki has passed away. Here’s a wholesome story I heard" was posted on the 5th, the day he passed. The author wrote, "The Ahn Sung-ki couple invited the apartment Life Support Center (management office) staff to the Hilton Hotel once a year for a year-end dinner." They added, "Not just the management office staff, but all resident subcontracted workers (landscaping and cleaning companies) were invited." Ahn Sung-ki lived in 'Hannam The Hill,' a well-known luxury apartment complex in Yongsan, Seoul. Notably, the couple showed great respect through their attire. The writer noted, "I heard Actor Ahn Sung-ki wore a suit and his wife wore a hanbok, greeting every single person at the entrance of the hotel venue, saying 'You worked hard' and 'Thank you' while taking photos with them." They mourned the loss, saying, "I heard the staff were heartbroken to see him looking much thinner a few years ago, and he eventually passed away at a relatively young age."