Young Oak Kim (née Choe, Korean: 최영옥), born October 18, 1962, is an influential American politician and businesswoman. She currently serves as the U.S. representative for California's 40th congressional district, a role she has held since transitioning from the 39th congressional district, where she served from 2021 to 2023. Her district encompasses northern parts of Orange County.

In a landmark event during the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections, Kim, alongside Michelle Park Steel and Marilyn Strickland, made history by becoming the first three Korean-American women elected to the United States Congress. Notably, Kim and Steel are the first Korean-Americans elected to Congress from California since Jay Kim. A member of the Republican Party, Young Kim served as the California State Assemblywoman for the 65th district from 2014 to 2016, defeating the incumbent Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva in 2014. However, she lost the seat in a rematch with Quirk-Silva in 2016. Kim's election marked a significant milestone as she became the first South Korean-born Republican woman elected to the California State Legislature.

In her 2018 campaign for California's 39th congressional district, Kim was the Republican nominee, narrowly losing to Democrat Gil Cisneros in the general election. However, in a remarkable turn of events, she defeated Cisneros in a 2020 rematch. Alongside Steel and David Valadao, Kim was among the first three Republican candidates to unseat an incumbent House Democrat in California since 1994.