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.
Jung currently divides her time between South Korea and Germany..
Born and raised in South Korea, she earned a Master\'s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Her coverage of South Korea\'s #MeToo Movement was shortlisted in the 2019 Awards for Editorial Excellence by the Society of Publishers in Asia.
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.
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