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Just 1,000won Breakfast
By Su-Young Kim, Reporter / Si-Ho Park, Cub-reporter
kimsuyoung1342@gmail.com / pnshse05@naver.com
Have you ever heard of ‘1,000won Breakfast’? It’s a project implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) since 2017 to spread the culture of eating breakfast and induce healthy eating habits by providing breakfast for 1,000 won to college students with a high breakfast rate. In the Cheonan campus, this project was already implemented in 2018 and this year, finally It has been introduced in the Seoul campus. Isn’t this a great project for students? From now on, let’s find out why they started the 1,000 won breakfast, the goal, and the status of implementation, and the events to commemorate this project.
1,000 won breakfast is being implemented in the form of the government providing 1,000 won and the school paying the rest if a student pays 1,000 won for a meal. In other words, 1,000 won is provided by the Korea Agency of Education, Promotion and Information Service in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (EPIS) which is related with the MAFRA, and the university supports the remaining costs. Students can eat a regular meal and convenient meal like rice bread used domestic rice, rice cereal and rice noodle for just 1,000 won during the period except for the vacation period.Meanwhile, a 2022 survey found that 98.7% of the respondents said they hoped the breakfast service of 1,000 won would continue, indicating that the response was very good.
1,000won Breakfast (1)
Since the start of 1,000 won breakfast in May this year, it has been operated for 100 meals a day on each campus, and the event which is called "Starting with the president" have also been held by the president and faculty of Sangmyung University. Starting with the president, it is the event that the president and other school affairs committee members support 1,000 won paid by students, once a week. It is held by the president, vice-president and other more faculty members, from May 3rd to June 13th in the Cheonan Campus and from May 4th to June 19th in the Seoul Campus.
Most of the students who tried 1,000 won breakfast were satisfied with the quality of their meals and were supportive of the project. I hope you also try this and enjoy your breakfast at an affordable price!
