Hyung-Jin Kim

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  • K-pop boy group BTS perform during their concert at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on March 21, 2026. South Korean megastars BTS reunite on March 21, for their first show in nearly four years, with an expected 260,000 fans taking over central Seoul for a K-pop extravaganza livestreamed to millions more worldwide. (Photo by KIM Min-Hee / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)Arts & Entertainment

    BTS begins comeback tour to reclaim status as one of the world’s biggest pop acts after completing Korea’s mandatory military service

    By Juwon Park, Kim Tong-Hyung, and others
  • President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One after leaving the World Economic Forum in Davos for Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Economy

    Trump threatens to hike tariffs on South Korea as national assembly has yet to approve last year’s trade deal

    By Josh Boak, Hyung-Jin Kim, and others
  • Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Japan-China summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Gyeongju on October 31, 2025.Asia

    Trump may have skipped APEC—but Xi’s using it to sell China as globalization’s last defender

    By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, and others
  • US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un talk before a meeting in the Demilitarized Zone(DMZ) on June 30, 2019, in Panmunjom, Korea.Asia

    Trump rekindles speculation of a meeting with Kim Jong Un—but North Korea now holds the cards

    By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, and others
  • SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – 2025/10/11: People look at a 24-hour Yonhap news TV broadcast at Seoul Railway Station showing a news broadcast with a Hwasong-20 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) display during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. North Korea has showed off its newly developed Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time, among other new weapons, at a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. (Photo by Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Asia

    North Korea unveils new intercontinental ballistic missile that may be tested in coming weeks

    By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, and others
  • This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)Politics

    South Korea to bring home 300 workers detained in massive Hyundai plant raid in Georgia

    By Hyung-Jin Kim and The Associated Press
  • SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – DECEMBER 03: In this handout image provided by South Korean Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks during the declaration of emergency martial law at the Presidential Office on December 03, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of “anti-state activities plotting rebellion.” (Photo by South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images)Politics

    South Korea’s president avoids impeachment attempt after most ruling-party lawmakers boycott vote

    By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, and others
  • FILE – A member of South Korean K-pop band BTS J-Hope poses for photographers during a press conference to introduce their new album “BE” in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 20, 2020. J-Hope entered a South Korean boot camp Tuesday, April 18, 2023 to start his 18-month compulsory military service, becoming the group’s second member to join the country’s army. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)Lifestyle

    Second BTS member joins South Korean army as J-Hope heads to boot camp

    By Hyung-Jin Kim and The Associated Press
  • A fan waits for K-pop band BTS’s member Jin to arrive before he enters the army to serve near an army training center in Yeoncheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, was set to enter a frontline South Korean boot camp Tuesday to start his 18 months of mandatory military service, as fans gathered near the base to say goodbye to their star. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

    K-pop supergroup BTS member Jin begins basic training near tense North Korea border

    By Hyung-Jin Kim, Juwon Park, and others
  • SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – APRIL 18: In this handout image provided by The U.S. Embassy Seoul, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a press conference on April 18, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. John Kerry visits South Korea ahead of a U.S.-hosted climate summit of world leaders, including South Korean President Moon Jae-in. (Photo by U.S. Embassy Seoul via Getty Images)Environment

    U.S. and China find at least one area of agreement: on climate

    By Hyung-Jin Kim and The Associated Press