Actor Cha In-pyo and some 40 popular singers including In Soon-e and Park Sang-min will record a joint album, “Cry with Us,” to help raise money for North Korean children.

The shortage of food in North Korea is an on-going global issue and all proceeds from album sales will go to help relieve the crisis, according to Korea Entertainment Producer’s Association on Monday.

Meanwhile, Cha has been cast in Kim Tae-gyun’s “Crossing,” a film about North Korean defectors. It opens next Thursday.