LG U+

LG Uplus continues to expand the scope of communication areas for residents with weak access to communication services, such as mountainous areas, island areas, and remote villages. In 2023, we implemented measures to build coverage and improve quality in 90 shaded areas of farming and fishing villages.

LG Uplus selected youths from families with disabilities in middle school and provides savings activities, mentoring, and career counseling through 1:1 matching with executives and employees to help lay the foundation for youth to advance into society. For five years since the selection, youth/employees/company have accumulated monthly at a 1:1:3 ratio and are now providing scholarships at the time of the youth's high school graduation.

As a fundraising activity involving LG Uplus employees, funds formed through a monthly deduction of 1,000 won are donated to the field of hope for social contribution selected through a survey of employees or donors in need.

LG Uplus is solving the book drought problem by guaranteeing the reading rights of the visually impaired by making braille books. Braille kits consisting of portable braille printing machines, fairy tale books, and stickers will be sent to applicants for Hope books, and the fortune tellers will be distributed to 32 Braille libraries in Korea. "In 2023, 10 fairy tale books were distributed with the participation of more than 1,000 executives and employees.

LG Uplus is conducting an I-Dream Challenge program aimed at 'Closing the Non-face-to-face Education Gap' for children of soldiers from remote areas of the Ministry of National Defense, children from the Korea Post Regional Children's Center, and children from multicultural families in Vietnam. It conducts non-face-to-face mentoring for 12 weeks to form self-directed learning habits, and provides free content for LG Uplus’s children's country for 12 months. Until '23, Ministry of National Defense (1538 accumulated), Korea Post (300 accumulated), and multicultural families (74 accumulated) participated.

LG Uplus has built a 'Disney Children's Playground' to build a digital-based playground for children visiting hospitals. It has created a space for children to use children's country content, an OTT service for kids, to their heart's content through dedicated smart pads and media devices such as IPTV.

We installed the U⁺ Smart Radar at the seed vault in the Baekdudaegan National Arboretum to preserve biodiversity.
The U⁺ Smart Radar is the first service in Korea to detect security accidents and facility intrusions using radar in the 77GHz frequency band. The devices are installed at the seed vault’s entrance and archive, and the AI automatically detects the behavior and location of intruders and immediately notifies the manager.

As part of our efforts to achieve carbon neutrality and restore ecosystems, the ‘U+ Hope Tree’ project transplanted 500 acorn saplings grown by employees to Noeul Forest in Sangamdong, Seoul.
Also, 1,000 employees participated in the EM soil ball volunteer activity to restore the river ecosystem.
The balls are made by mixing red clay and EM fermented liquid containing various beneficial microorganisms, such as yeast, lactic acid bacteria, and photosynthetic bacteria

LG Uplus is equipped with communication emergency relief supplies such as generators, cables, lead wires, and portable Wi-Fi to provide uninterrupted communication services in the event of a disaster such as forest fires and floods. In particular, in 2023, we have built a vehicle dedicated to disaster emergency relief and have a system that can quickly and efficiently support disaster situations.

LG Uplus runs the Good Store Campaign with MBC to spread social value.
We find self-employed people who continue to do good and supply SOHO products such as the My Store Package.