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 Korea's presidential impeachment, and K-pop's rise on the world stage. Her coverage of South Korea’s #MeToo movement was shortlisted in the 2019 Awards for Editorial Excellence by the Society of Publishers in Asia. Her writings and commentary have also been featured in the New York Times, Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy, and BBC, among others. Jung is an advisory council member for Human Rights Council and was selected in 2024 as one of 30 defenders of the women’s and LGBTQ rights worldwide by CNN As Equals. Born and raised in South Korea, she earned a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Jung currently divides her time between South Korea and Germany.