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Kim Jyung-hyun, a former protest leader who firmly opposed the arrest of former President Yoon Suk Yeol following his impeachment in late 2024, has been appointed to the board of governors of the East-West Center in Hawaii, according to his think tank and media reports. The Bexus Policy Research Institute, a Washington-based think tank, announced that Kim, a Korean American who holds dual citizenship, was nominated to the board on May 12 by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The 18-member international board was created by the U.S. Congress in 1960 as part of the East-West Center, a nonprofit diplomacy institution aimed at strengthening ties and mutual understanding between the U.S. and Asia-Pacific countries. A significant share of its budget comes directly from the U.S. federal government, and five of the board members are named by the U.S. secretary of state. According to a State Department letter revealed by Bexus, Kim was appointed to a three-year term on the board, effective immediately, with the secretary citing Kim’s work as an investigative journalist, army veteran and poli