diff --git a/combination-sum/hyunjung-choi.kt b/combination-sum/hyunjung-choi.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..615dc915b
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+++ b/combination-sum/hyunjung-choi.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+class Solution {
+    fun combinationSum(candidates: IntArray, target: Int): List<List<Int>> {
+        val result = mutableListOf<List<Int>>()
+        val currentCombination = mutableListOf<Int>()
+
+        candidates.sort()
+
+        backtrack(candidates, target, 0, currentCombination, result)
+
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun backtrack(
+        candidates: IntArray,
+        remainingTarget: Int,
+        startIndex: Int,
+        currentCombination: MutableList<Int>,
+        result: MutableList<List<Int>>
+    ) {
+        if (remainingTarget == 0) {
+            result.add(currentCombination.toList())
+            return
+        }
+
+        if (remainingTarget < 0) {
+            return
+        }
+
+        for (i in startIndex until candidates.size) {
+            val candidate = candidates[i]
+
+            if (candidate > remainingTarget) {
+                break
+            }
+
+            currentCombination.add(candidate)
+
+            backtrack(candidates, remainingTarget - candidate, i, currentCombination, result)
+
+            currentCombination.removeAt(currentCombination.size - 1)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/decode-ways/hyunjung-choi.kt b/decode-ways/hyunjung-choi.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f77be775b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decode-ways/hyunjung-choi.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+class Solution {
+    fun numDecodings(s: String): Int {
+        if (s.isEmpty() || s[0] == '0') return 0
+
+        val n = s.length
+        val dp = IntArray(n + 1)
+
+        dp[0] = 1
+        dp[1] = 1
+
+        for (i in 2..n) {
+            val currentChar = s[i - 1]
+            val prevChar = s[i - 2]
+
+            if (currentChar != '0') {
+                dp[i] += dp[i - 1]
+            }
+
+            val twoDigit = (prevChar - '0') * 10 + (currentChar - '0')
+            if (twoDigit in 10..26) {
+                dp[i] += dp[i - 2]
+            }
+        }
+
+        return dp[n]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maximum-subarray/hyunjung-choi.kt b/maximum-subarray/hyunjung-choi.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d859d1014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maximum-subarray/hyunjung-choi.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class Solution {
+    fun maxSubArray(nums: IntArray): Int {
+        var currentSum = nums[0]
+        var maxSum = nums[0]
+
+        for (i in 1 until nums.size) {
+            currentSum = if (currentSum < 0) nums[i] else currentSum + nums[i]
+            maxSum = maxOf(currentSum, maxSum)
+        }
+
+        return maxSum
+    }
+}
diff --git a/number-of-1-bits/hyunjung-choi.kt b/number-of-1-bits/hyunjung-choi.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d16916f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/number-of-1-bits/hyunjung-choi.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class Solution {
+    fun hammingWeight(n: Int) = Integer.bitCount(n)
+}
diff --git a/valid-palindrome/hyunjung-choi.kt b/valid-palindrome/hyunjung-choi.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d96360468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/valid-palindrome/hyunjung-choi.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import java.util.Locale.getDefault
+
+class Solution {
+    fun isPalindrome(s: String): Boolean {
+        if (s.isBlank()) return true
+        val cleanedString = s.trim().filter { it.isLetterOrDigit() }.lowercase(getDefault())
+        return cleanedString == cleanedString.reversed()
+    }
+}