The field of natural language processing is witnessing significant advancements with the integration of large language models (LLMs) and knowledge graphs (KGs). Recent developments indicate a shift towards enhancing the capabilities of LLMs through external tools and knowledge graphs to improve accuracy and performance. The focus is on creating complex computing ecosystems around LLMs to support various tasks and activities. Noteworthy papers in this regard include the introduction of the Athena framework, which achieves state-of-the-art results in mathematical and scientific reasoning, and the KG-Attention framework, which enables dynamic knowledge fusion without parameter updates. Another significant development is the proposal of the DuetGraph mechanism, which tackles over-smoothing in KG reasoning and achieves state-of-the-art performance. The benefits of query-based KGQA systems for complex and temporal questions are also being explored, with promising results. Additionally, the development of specialized benchmarks such as Ref-Long and BOOKCOREF is helping to assess the capabilities of LLMs in long-context understanding and coreference resolution. Overall, the field is moving towards more sophisticated and effective integration of LLMs and KGs to enhance performance and accuracy in various NLP tasks.