On Monday, June 9, Kookmin University (President Jeong Seung-ryul) celebrated the second anniversary of its “Breakfast for 1,000 Won” project. President Jeong Seung-ryul and Seongbuk-gu Office Director Lee Seung-ro helped serve breakfast to students and enjoyed a meal with student representatives.

The “1,000 Won Breakfast” program, administered by the Rural Development Administration (RDA), provides breakfast to university students for 1,000 won. As of 2025, the program is being implemented at 158 universities nationwide with a total of 41 billion won in government subsidies.

Seongbuk-gu became the first local government in the country to launch the “1,000 Won Breakfast” program in 2023, and this year, it is supporting six participating universities within the district with a total budget of 156 million won. This year's budget for the program at Kookmin University is 120 million won, with 200 meals provided daily on a first-come, first-served basis. This initiative demonstrates the effectiveness of joint support for meal costs by schools, the government, and local governments to alleviate financial burdens on schools and reduce the breakfast expenses of young adults in the high-inflation era. It also shows improvements in students' awareness of the importance of breakfast.

President Jeong Seung-ryul said, “We want to help college students who are busy with their studies and livelihoods by providing them with a balanced breakfast to help them stay healthy and focus on their studies. We will continue to encourage our students to make breakfast a part of their daily routine so that they can lead stable and financially secure college lives.”

A representative from Kookmin University added, “We plan to collaborate with Seongbuk-gu in various ways to secure the necessary funds for the stable operation of the program.”