Kang Hyunhwa (; born 1963) is a South Korean professor of Korean language and literature at Yonsei University served as the 2nd President - and the first woman President - of King Sejong Institute Foundation responsible for operating King Sejong Institutes and developing their programmes from 2018 to 2021.
Kang had served as a member of the Korean Language Deliberation Council at Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism from 2011 to 2015 responsible for planning Korean language education, preserving the Korean language and updating its system and grammar mandated by the Framework Act on National Language.
In 1999 Kang was one of the first professors to join the first-ever department specialised in Korean language education for foreigners, Kyung Hee University's Department of Korean language. She later led as its Dean from 2003 to 2007. In 2010 Kang moved to her alma mater and continued teaching as a professor.
Kang has been active in academia in areas of Korean language education as summarised as below.
Kang holds three degrees - from a bachelor to a doctorate - in Korean language and literature from Yonsei University.