Hawon Jung is a journalist and former Seoul correspondent for the AFP news agency with more than a decade of experience writing about the two Koreas. She covered the 2011 death of then-North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, the rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-Un, South Koreas presidential impeachment, and K-pops rise on the world stage. Her coverage of South Koreas #MeToo movement was shortlisted in the 2019 Awards for Editorial Excellence by the Society of Publishers in Asia. Born and raised in South Korea, she earned a Masters degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Jung currently divides her time between South Korea and Germany.