This Time, Free Meals for Kindergarten... Park Young-sun "Free Lunch, Snacks, and Milk for 75,000 Children"

"Expand Public and National Childcare Centers and Increase Childcare Teachers"
"Significantly Expand 'Uri Dongne Care Centers' for Elementary Children"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party of Korea's candidate for Seoul mayor, has pledged to provide lunch, snacks, and milk to 75,000 children attending public and private kindergartens in Seoul as part of her "Free Kindergarten Meals" campaign. The Seoul city government plans to take the initiative in promoting free meals in kindergartens to ensure that young children are not exposed to inadequate nutrition.

On the 22nd, Park visited Gyeongsu Elementary School in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, and after meeting with students, held a press conference where she announced her "Eco-friendly Free Kindergarten Meals" pledge.

Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party of Korea's candidate for Seoul mayor, is announcing the policy pledge "Providing Eco-friendly Free School Meals with a Mother's Heart" in front of Gyeongsu Elementary School on Ttukseom-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, on the 22nd. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Park stated, "Ten years ago, Seoul was the first in the nation to introduce eco-friendly free meals and has gradually expanded the program, but kindergartens have not yet been included. Due to the economic difficulties faced by kindergarten parents worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, we will promote free meals in kindergartens to alleviate their burden and prevent children from being exposed to poor-quality meals."

The target beneficiaries are approximately 75,000 children attending public and private kindergartens in Seoul, with an estimated budget of about 83.5 billion won.

Alongside this, she also announced the "Zero Worries Childcare Five Major Pledges," which include ▲expanding national and public daycare centers and improving the child-to-teacher ratio by hiring more daycare teachers ▲implementing the "Double Care" policy to double childcare facilities, personnel, and space ▲significantly expanding "Our Neighborhood Care Centers" for elementary school children ▲enhancing the functions of comprehensive childcare support centers to provide broad parenting counseling services ▲and promoting a 21-minute living zone "Community Care" utilizing local human and material resources.

Park emphasized, "As the saying goes, 'It takes a whole village to raise a child.' Regardless of regional or income disparities, we will create a 'Zero Worries Childcare' Seoul where children can grow up happily and healthily."

On the same day in the morning, Park visited Gwangjin-gu and announced plans to underground the aboveground section of Subway Line 2 between Hanyang University and Jamsil, and to establish a K-content combined media education center on the site of the new Gwangjin-gu Office building.

In the afternoon, she visited Jung-gu to continue her schedule of announcing local pledges, maintaining her active policy campaign.

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