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Kim Hyun-woo | |
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Born | Seoul, South Korea | 14 August 1979
Education | Hankuk University of Foreign Studies |
Occupation(s) | Anchor, reporter |
Years active | 2005–present |
Spouse | Lee Yeon-jin (m. 2019) |
Children | 1 |
Kim Hyun-woo | |
Hangul | 김현우 |
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Hanja | 金賢宇 |
RR | Gim Hyeonu |
MR | Kim Hyŏnu |
Kim Hyun-woo (born 14 August 1979) is a South Korean journalist. He is a SBS political reporter and SBS Eight O'Clock News's main weekday anchor,a positioned he served from 22 May 2017 to 18 July 2025. [1]
He was considered the youngest main news anchor among South Korean terrestrial broadcasters until Cho Hyun-yong,born in 1982 (three years longer than Kim) becoming the anchor of MBC Newsdesk on 20 May 2024.
Kim Hyun-woo studied Japanese studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies after graduating from high school.
He joined SBS as a reporter in 2005 and assumed various posts in the division since. He became SBS' political reporter in 2016 after becoming its economics reporter in 2013.
He is married to fellow SBS announcer,Lee Yeo-jin on 15 December 2019,at a hotel in Seoul. [2] [3] [4] The couple welcomed their first child together,a son,on 22 August 2020. [5]