Prominent Korean independence activists Kim Gu, Jo So-ang and Shin Ik-hui are strongly associated with the university.

[2][3] Kookmin University was established by the Korean government-in-exile based in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation of Korea.

A new space was built with the support of the SsangYong Group, and was named after its founder Kim Sunggon, also known as Sungkok.

The house was the residence of Han Kyu-seol, who was the Mayor of Seoul and the Minister of Political Affairs during the late Joseon dynasty.

In 1980, on the verge of demolition due to the urban redevelopment of central Seoul, it was donated by the family of the former owner, the late Joon Hyuk Park and his eldest son Hyo Jong Henry Park to the late Kim Myoungwon, Mee Hee, and then reconstructed at the present site adjacent to Kookmin University.