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Sookmyung Women's University partners with GS Retail to offer 1,000-won lunch boxes

Sookmyung Women’s University is offering students lunch boxes for only 1,000 won ($0.75) throughout November in collaboration with GS Retail.

2024-11-04

Soonchunhyang University introduces 100-won breakfasts for students

Soonchunhyang University announced Tuesday that it has started offering 100-won ($0.07) breakfasts for students, undercutting the previously popular 1,000-won meals.

2024-09-24

1,000-won breakfast for college kids may be gone due to lack of funding, schools say

The 1,000-won ($0.8) breakfast offered at select universities in Korea might be gone for good as schools and regional governments are running out of budget for the program.

2023-09-08

Revisiting the true meaning of fairness

We need politicians who care about the future more than votes from university students.

2023-06-19

A breakfast program with no substance (KOR)

The program in fact is worsening the divide between richer universities that can offer the cheap cafeteria breakfast and the poorer ones that can’t.

2023-05-10

A breakfast program with no substance

The program in fact is worsening the divide between richer universities that can offer the cheap cafeteria breakfast and the poorer ones that can’t.

2023-05-09

'1,000-won breakfast' program for university students will more than double in scale

The "1,000-won breakfast" program will more than double in scale, announced the Food Ministry on Wednesday, backed by the high demand and positive feedback from students.

2023-03-30

Cheap eats

Students line up to eat breakfast sold at 1,000 won ($0.77) at Kyung Hee University in Dongdaemun District, eastern Seoul on Monday morning. Kyung Hee University was one of the universities that collaborated with a public institution under the...

2023-03-13